Wendy Ey (21 May 1938 -30 May 1997), born Wendy Hayes, was an Australian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete, administrator, academic, author and feminist. She was an athletics

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and hurdles champion from 1954 until 1960 and a

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silver medalist in Cardiff, Wales in

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. Ey also excelled at squash and hockey. Ey continued to be an active sport participant all her life and was a master’s world champion in athletics. Ey was awarded the

British Empire Medal The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...

in the

1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours The 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours were announced on 11 June 1977 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee and Birthday in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Barbados, Mauritius, Fiji, the Bahamas, Grenada, and ...

for service to sport. Ey was a lecturer and researcher in physical education at the University of South Australia. She co-authored and published a range of papers on women in sport. In 1987 she was appointed as Women’s Adviser to the South Australian Minister of Sport and Recreation. She died from cancer in 1997.

Wendy Ey Scholarship

Ey was committed to enhancing opportunities for women in sport and recreation. Her legacy has been continued through the establishment of scholarships by the Office for Recreation and Sport, to encourage and assist female coaches or officials (who are coaching/officiating at, or striving to coach/officiate at an elite level), to accept further professional development opportunities in their chosen sport.

Wendy Ey Award

In recognition and honour of Ey's work

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has awarded the "Wendy Ey Award for Best Paper on Women in Sport" as part of its annual Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport since 1998.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ey, Wendy 1938 births 1997 deaths Sportswomen from South Australia Australian feminist writers Australian female hurdlers Australian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Australian recipients of the British Empire Medal Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners