Violet Olney

Violet Olney

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	22 May 1911 Southwark, England
Died	3 January 1999 (aged 87) Addlestone, England
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Club	Civil Service WAC
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Great Britain Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin 4x100 metre relay

Violet Rose Olney (later Parish; 22 May 1911 – 3 January 1999) was an English athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Olney from Southwark, London, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

Olney finished second behind Eileen Hiscock in the 200 metres event at the 1933 WAAA Championships.

After finishing third behind Barbara Burke in the 200 metres event at the 1936 WAAA Championships, Olney competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where she won the silver medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres with her teammates Eileen Hiscock, Audrey Brown and Barbara Burke.

References

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