Betty Lock
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| Born | 7 May 1921[1] Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 1986 (aged 65) London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hercules AC Mitcham AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dorothy Betty Lock (married name Brickwood) (7 May 1921 – July 1986) was a British athlete who specialised in the sprint disciplines and was a six-times British champion.[2]
Career
Lock won four consecutive 60 metres titles at the WAAA Championships.[3][4]
Lock representing the Hercules Athletic Club, won her first title at the 1936 WAAA Championships and recorded a national record of 7.6 seconds over the 60 metres.[5] She successfully retained her title at the 1937 WAAA Championships,[6] before moving to the Mitcham Athletic Club.
Lock secured a double success at the 1938 WAAA Championships, winning both the 60 metres and equalling her own British record and becoming British 100 metres champion, setting a Championship record of 12.2 seconds.[7] The following year in 1939, Lock retained both titles at the 1939 WAAA Championships and once again equalled her own 60 metres national record.[8]
She married in 1944 and became Dorothy Brickwood. After World War II, she continued to race for Mitcham AC until 1950[9] and finished second behind Doris Batter in the 100 metres event at the 1949 WAAA Championships.[10]
References
- ^ "Dorothy Betty Lock". Surrey Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Betty Lock". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Five Records Broken". Western Mail. 20 July 1936. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Miss Gladys Lunn's Triple Success". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 8 August 1937. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Records by Women". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1938. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Women's A.A.A. Titles". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 23 July 1939. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Great performance by Mitcham girls". Sutton & Epsom Advertiser. 15 July 1948. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Girl clips shot record on her honeymoon". Sunday Express. 10 July 1949. Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.