Vinton Ruth Beckett (12 June 1923 – 1 November 2018) was a Jamaican

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete who competed at the

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, where she was joint fourth in the women's high jump (with Doreen Dredge of Canada), 11th in the women's long jump, and eliminated in the opening round of the women's 80 metres hurdles. Prior to the Olympics she participated in the

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, where she won a silver medal in the high jump, behind her compatriot Carmen Phipps. Four years later, at the 1950 edition, she won the high jump event and finished second in the 80 metres hurdles behind another compatriot, Karleen Searchwell. Beckett was born in

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1923 births 2018 deaths Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Jamaican female hurdlers Jamaican female high jumpers Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub