Jean Whitehead
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | Q3. 1937 Southport, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | long jump |
| Club | Liverpool Harriers |
Jean Whitehead (born 1937) is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
She was a member of the Liverpool Harriers & AC and aged just 18 established a new record of 18 ft 9ins (5.71 m) in winning the Northern Senior title in 1955.[1]
Whitehead finished third behind Jean Desforges in the long jump event at the 1954 WAAA Championships[2][3] and repeated the performance twice more at the 1956 WAAA Championships and 1957 WAAA Championships but this time behind Sheila Hoskin and Christina Persighetti respectively.[4][5]
Whitehead represented England in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Club history" (PDF). Liverpool Harriers & AC.
- ^ "Diane is a Real Smasher". Sunday Mirror. 20 June 1954. 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.
- ^ "Schoolgirls Jolt Olympic Jump Star". Weekly Dispatch (London). 7 July 1957. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.