Joyce Elena Oladapo (married name ''Hepher;'' born 11 February 1964) is an English retired long jumper.

Athletics career

In 1984, she jumped the qualifying distance required to compete at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, however she achieved this two days after the British athletics team had been submitted to the International Olympic Committee, and was thus unable to be selected: she instead competed in the long jump at the Friendship Games in Prague, which were held as an event for sportspeople from Communist countries who were boycotting that year's Olympics. Oladapo represented England and won a gold medal in the long jump event, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her personal best jump was , achieved in September 1985 in London. She was born in London.Joyce OLADAPO
Sporting Heroes. Retrieved on 2015-06-17.

International competitions

References

1964 births Living people Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games English female long jumpers British female long jumpers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Black British sportswomen Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games People from Lambeth Athletes from the London Borough of Lambeth {{England-athletics-bio-stub