Carole Quinton

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Carole Quinton
Personal information
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Weight132 lb (60 kg)[1]
Sport
SportHurdling, sprinting
Event(s)80 metres hurdles, 4 × 100 metres relay
ClubBirchfield Harriers[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1956, 1960
Regional finals1958
Commonwealth finals1958
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome 80 m hurdles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1958 Stockholm 4x100 m relay
Representing  England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff 80 m hurdles

Carole Louise Quinton (born 11 July 1936) is an English former track and field athlete, who won silver medals at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958 European Athletics Championships and 1960 Summer Olympics.

Early life[edit]

She attended St Paul's RC School in Coleshill. She moved to Anchorage Rd in Sutton Coldfield in 1951.[2] Her father Fred was an inspector in the Police.[3]

Athletics career[edit]

Quinton competed in the sprint and 80 metres hurdles events.[1] She competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] Despite not being in the initial British squad, she was selected to replace Pam Elliot, who withdrew as she was pregnant.[4] She represented England and won a silver medal in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[5][6] In the final, Quinton and winner Norma Thrower finished in a wind assisted 10.7 seconds in the final, faster than the previous Games record, though due to the wind assistance, it was not classified as a Games record time.[7] At the time of her British Commonwealth and Empire Games medal, Quinton was the reigning British national champion in the 80 metres event.[7] In the same year, she was in the British team that came second in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships.[8] In 1959, she competed in a Great Britain vs West Germany athletics meeting in White City, London. She came second in the 80 metres hurdles event.[9]

In 1960, she set the British national record time for the 80 metres hurdles twice. She ran a record time of 11.0 seconds in July 1960,[10] and later in the month, she ran a new record time of 10.9 seconds.[11] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Quinton won the silver medal in the 80 m hurdles.[1] She also competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay alongside Dorothy Hyman, Jenny Smart and Mary Rand. They did not finish in the final of the event.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Quinton was born in Rugby, Warwickshire.[1] She worked as a shorthand typist.[4] In 1961, she married water polo player David Barr in Hove.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carole Quinton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. ^ Coleshill Chronicle Saturday 29 July 1950, page 2
  3. ^ Birmingham Mail Friday 13 July 1951, page 7
  4. ^ a b "Five four get Games trip to Melbourne". London Evening Standard. 4 October 1956. p. 20. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ^ a b "Norma Thrower has quick start". London Evening Standard. 26 July 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "European Champions (Women)". UK Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Consolation". London Evening Standard. 1 August 1959. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Easy victory". London Evening Standard. 2 July 1960. p. 20. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Records in Olympic Run-Up". The Observer. 10 July 1960. p. 16. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "4 x 100 metres Relay, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Olympic bride at Hove". London Evening Standard. 26 August 1961. p. 9. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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