Shirley Burgess
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Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
Born | c.1934 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||
Club | Woolwich Polytechnic Harriers | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shirley Anne Burgess (born about 1934) was a female athlete who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Burgess finished second behind Anne Pashley in the 100 yards event at the 1953 WAAA Championships.[1][2][3]
Burgess represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 110 Yard Relay at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada and also competed in the 100 and 220 yards.[4][5] She also represented Woolwich Polytechnic.
Burgess was trained by Brian Shenton and effectively had her career interrupted by appendicitis.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Enid nears 5-minute mile". Sunday Express. 5 July 1953. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Olympic cert". Sunday Mirror. 20 May 1956. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.