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{{Short description|English track and field athlete (born 1956)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Beverley Callender<br>née Goddard
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| nationality = British/Barbadian
| sport       = [[Sport of Athletics|Athletics]]
| event       = Sprints
| club        = Reading Athletic Club
| birth_date  = 28 August 1956
| birth_place = [[Barbados]]
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
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| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]]|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1978 European Athletics Championships|1978 Prague]]|[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1982 European Athletics Championships|1982 Athens]]|[[1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1981 Summer Universiade|1981 Bucharest]]|100 m}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1979 Summer Universiade|1979 Mexico City]]|4 x 100 m}}
{{Medal|Silver| 1981 Bucharest| 4 x 100 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze| 1979 Mexico City| 100 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze| 1979 Mexico City| 200 m}}
{{Medal|Country| {{ENG}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]]|4 x 100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]]|4 x 100 m}}
}}

'''Beverley Lanita Callender''' (née '''Goddard''', born 28 August 1956) is a British/Barbadian former [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)|sprinter]]. She competed for [[Great Britain]] at the [[Olympic Games]] in [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal 1976]], [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]] and [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1984]], winning bronze medals in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] in 1980 and 1984. She is also the [[1981 Summer Universiade|1981 World Student Games]] 100 metres champion.

== Biography ==
Goddard was born in [[Barbados]] and raised in England. She was a member of the [[Reading Athletic Club]]. In 1976, she competed at the [[Montreal Olympics]], reaching the quarter finals of the 200 metres. She was coached by Jim Spooner.

In 1978, she finished fourth in the 200 metres final at the [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games in Edmonton]], before winning gold in the 4 × 100 m relay along with [[Kathy Smallwood]], [[Sharon Colyear]] and [[Sonia Lannaman]]. At the [[1978 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] in Prague, the same quartet won a silver medal behind the Soviet Union and ahead of East Germany. In 1979, she won three medals at the [[Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade|World Student Games (Universiade)]], with bronze in the 100 and 200 metres and silver in the sprint relay. In the 100 metres, she ran her lifetime best of 11.22 seconds in the semifinal.

At the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow Olympic Games]], she was one of three British woman who reached the 200 m final, finishing sixth in a lifetime best of 22.72 seconds. Kathy Smallwood was fifth and Sonia Lannaman eighth. The three then teamed up with 100 metres finalist [[Heather Hunte]], to win the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. The quartet ran a UK record of 42.43 secs, which stood until 2014. Her biggest individual success came in 1981, when she won the World Student Games title at 100 metres, defeating the Soviet sprinters [[Olga Zolotaryeva]] and [[Olga Nasonova]]. She also won a silver medal in the relay.

In 1982, now competing as Beverley Callender, she reached the 200 metres finals at both the [[1982 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] in Athens and the [[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] in Brisbane, finishing fifth (22.91 secs) and sixth (22.92 secs) respectively. In Prague, she teamed up with [[Wendy Hoyte]], Smallwood and [[Shirley Thomas (athlete)|Shirley Thomas]] to win relay silver, while in Brisbane, she won relay gold with Hoyte, Smallwood and Sonia Lannaman. A year later, she won a relay silver medal at the inaugural [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in Helsinki, along with [[Joan Baptiste]], [[Kathy Cook]] (Smallwood) and Shirley Thomas. She also competed in the 100 metres. At her third Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984, she won her second Olympic bronze medal, reuniting with two of her three teammates from Moscow, Heather Oakes (Hunte) and Kathy Cook. The fourth squad member was [[Simmone Jacobs]].

From 1978–1984, the British or English women's sprint relay squads won a medal at every Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth competition, both Callender and Kathy Cook were a member of every team. She usually ran the third leg and became a specialist in this position. 1984 would be the last time for 29 years, that the British Women's 4 × 100 m squad won a medal at Olympic or World level. This ended in 2013 when they won bronze at the World Championships.

In domestic competition, at the [[AAA Championships]] and [[UK Athletics Championships|UK Championships]], she had eight second-place finishes. At the AAAs she was second three times in the 200 metres (1979, 1982 and 1984) and second in the 1980 100 metres. At the UKs, she was second three times at 100 metres (1978, 1979 and 1982) and second in the 1978 200 metres. She did win the 1982 UK title at 200 metres. She was also twice third in the AAAs 200 metres (1979, 1983) and twice third at the UK 100 metres (1979, 1983), for a total of 13 top three placements.

As of 2022, Callender's 200 metres best, ranks her 14th on the UK all-time list. In the 100 metres she ranks 21st. Now a retired teacher.

==Personal bests==

*[[100 metres]] – 11.22 (1979)
*[[200 metres]] – 22.72 (1980)
*[[4×100 metres]] – 42.43  (1980) former {{AthAbbr|NR|British}}

==National titles==
*[[UK Athletics Championships]]
**200 metres: 1982

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Result=yes|nation=GBR2|nation2=ENG}}
|-
|1976
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Montreal]], Canada
|quarterfinal
|200 m
|23.74
|-
|rowspan=5|1978
|rowspan=2|[[1978 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Prague]], Czechoslovakia
|semifinal
|200 m
|23.37
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100 m
|42.72
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|5th
|100 m
|11.40
|-
|4th
|200 m
|22.95
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m
|43.70
|-
|rowspan=3|1979
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Mexico City]], Mexico
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|100 m
|11.32
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|200 m
|22.76
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100 m
|43.26
|-
|rowspan=2|1980
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Moscow]], Russia
|6th
|200 m
|22.72
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|4 × 100 m
|42.43
|-
|rowspan=3|1981
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bucharest]], Romania
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|100 m
|11.35
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100 m
|43.86
|-
|[[1981 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Rome]], Italy
| —
|4 × 100 m
|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}
|-
|rowspan=4|1982
|rowspan=2|[[1982 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], Greece
|5th
|200 m
|22.91
|
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100 m
|42.66
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Brisbane]], Australia
|6th
|200 m
|22.92
|
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m
|43.15
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|rowspan=2|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|quarter-final
|100 m
|11.48
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100 m
|42.71
|-
|1984
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Los Angeles]], United States
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|4 × 100 m
|43.11
|}

==References==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Bev Goddard-Callender |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/bev-goddard-callender-1.html |accessdate=24 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825065247/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/bev-goddard-callender-1.html |archivedate=25 August 2011}}
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