Daisy Florence Ridgley (sometimes written Ridgeley and later Pell;[1] 9 January 1909 – ?)[2] was an English athlete who competed in the 1930 Women's World Games.
 Daisy Ridgley (third from left) | ||
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Great Britain
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| Women's Athletics | ||
| Women's World Games | ||
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1930 Prague | 4×100 metre relay |
Biography
editDaisy Florence Ridgley was born in Essex.[3] When she took up athletics, she competed mainly at 200 metres but also at 100 metres.[2] In 1923, she began studying at Edmonton County School, which is now in the London Borough of Enfield in north London.[4]
Ridgley attended the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, but there was no women's 200 metre event.[4]
At the 1930 Women's World Games in Prague she was a member, along with Ethel Scott, Eileen Hiscock and Ivy Walker, of the British 4 × 100 metre relay team that won the silver medal.[5]
In 1931, she won the silver medal at the Olympics of Grace in Florence in the 100 metre race.[6]
In 1938, she married Reginald Pell in Edmonton, Middlesex.[7] According to the 1939 England and Wales Register, she was an art teacher in Wembley at the time.
References
edit- ^ Cross Reference of Women's Marital Names National Union of Track Statisticians (retrieved 12 August 2018)
- ^ a b Track and Field Statistics Brinkster.net (retrieved 12 August 2018)
- ^ "FreeBMD - Search".
- ^ a b Edmonton County School pupils Retrieved 12 August 2018
- ^ Eric L. Cowe, Early women's athletics: statistics and history (Bingley: c1999), pp. 112-13.
- ^ "Olympiad of Grace". Gbr Athletics. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "FreeBMD - Search".
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