Susan Pettett (married name Susan Smith) (born 1956), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Early life

She went to Tonbridge Grammar School. Her father John worked for

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at Waterloo, who trained with her three times a week at the Judd School track. She lived at 15 Meadow Road.

Athletics career

She represented

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and won a

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in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with

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Ruth Kennedy Ruth Kennedy (married name Ruth Patten; born 1957), is a female former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career She represented England and won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with Jannette Roscoe, Sue Pettett and ...

and

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, at the

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References

1956 births English female sprinters British female sprinters Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games People educated at Tonbridge Grammar School People from Tonbridge Sportspeople from Kent {{England-athletics-bio-stub