Daphne Arden
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox sportsperson Daphne Arden (married name Slater; born 29 December 1941) is a British retired athlete who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Daphne Arden was born in Birkenhead[2] and was educated at Moseley Secondary Modern School in Birmingham.
Arden finished third behind Jennifer Smart in the 100 and 220 yards events at the 1961 WAAA Championships,[3] before finishing second and third respectively in the same events the following year at the 1962 WAAA Championships, but this time behind Dorothy Hyman.[4]
Later in November 1962, she represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 × 110 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[5]
Arden once again finished behind Dorothy Hyman in the 100 yards at the 1963 WAAA Championships[6] before finally becoming the national 100 yards champion and national 220 yards champion at the 1964 WAAA Championships and breaking the national records for both in the process.[4] She then competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, finishing 8th in the final; and in the 4 × 100 metres, where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Janet Simpson, long jump gold medallist Mary Rand and Dorothy Hyman.[7]
In 1965, Arden married Roger Slater in Solihull and competed under her married name thereafter.[8]
Slater then regained her WAAA title at the 1966 WAAA Championships[9] and one month later won another silver medal for the England team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[10][11]
References
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