Norma Croker
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Norma Croker 11 September 1934 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 August 2019 (aged 84) Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres long jump | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Norma Croker Fleming (11 September 1934 – 21 August 2019) was an Australian sprinter.[1]
Croker was educated at Brisbane State High School.[2] At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, she placed 4th in the individual 200 metres race, but won the gold medal in 4 × 100 metres relay, together with Shirley Strickland, Fleur Mellor and Betty Cuthbert. At the 1960 Summer Olympics she was a member of the Australian relay team which was disqualified in the heats and also finished 15th in the long jump.[3] Croker was the first Olympic gold medal winner to hail from the Australian state of Queensland.<[4]
In the 1956 Australian championships she placed 4th in 100 yards and 3rd in 220 yards. In 1960 she placed 6th in 100 yards, 3rd in 220 yards, 3rd in long jump and 4th in 4 × 100 m relay.[5]
In 2009 Croker was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[6]
Death
[edit | edit source]Croker Fleming died on 21 August 2019 at the age of 84.[4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Norma Croker-Fleming at World AthleticsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Norma Fleming (Croker) at Australian Athletics Historical Results
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- Norma Croker at Olympic.org (archived)
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