Daisy Ridgley (third from left) | ||
Medal record | ||
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Representing Great Britain | ||
Women's Athletics | ||
Women's World Games | ||
1930 Prague | 4×100 metre relay |
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 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.