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Jane Parry

Jane Parry

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Jane Louise Parry (born 1964) is a female former track and field athlete who competed for England in the 400 metres.[1]

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Early life

She went to The Whitby High School,[2] living at 2 Woodland Road. [3] She was sponsored by BNFL at Capenhurst.[4] She had six months in Tucson at the University of Arizona on an athletics scholarship.[5] She went to Chester College.[6]

Athletics career

She flew to the 1984 Olympics, after a late addition to the team, but was told that she was not in the team three days before the race.

Parry represented England in the 4 x 400 metres relay event with Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Linda Keough and Angela Piggford, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[7][8][9]

By 1989 she was called Jane Wedgewood .

References

  1. [1]
    "Profile". The Power of 10.
  2. [2]
    Chester Chronicle Friday 8 July 1977, page 9
  3. [3]
    Chester Chronicle Friday 22 July 1977
  4. [4]
    Chester Chronicle Friday 6 March 1981, page 27
  5. [5]
    Chester Chronicle Thursday 23 December 1982, page 26
  6. [6]
    Chester Chronicle Friday 17 June 1983, page 24
  7. [7]
    "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  8. [8]
    "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  9. [9]
    "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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