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Canadian sprinter (1910–1998)
Jane Bell (1928)
Florence Jane Bell (June 2, 1910 – July 1, 1998) was a
Canadian track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
Career
From
Toronto , Ontario, Bell competed for Canada in the
1928 Summer Olympics in
Amsterdam ,
Netherlands in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates
Fanny Rosenfeld ,
Ethel Smith , and
Myrtle Cook .
Outside of track, Bell was also a competitive swimmer, curler and golfer, and worked as a physical education teacher at the Margaret Eaton School of Physical Culture in Toronto.
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Death
Bell died in
Fort Myers, Florida , aged 88.
References
1928 :
Bobbie Rosenfeld ,
Ethel Smith ,
Jane Bell ,
Myrtle Cook (
CAN )
1932 :
Mary Carew ,
Evelyn Furtsch ,
Annette Rogers ,
Wilhelmina von Bremen (
USA )
1936 :
Harriet Bland ,
Annette Rogers ,
Betty Robinson ,
Helen Stephens (
USA )
1948 :
Xenia Stad-de Jong ,
Netti Witziers-Timmer ,
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs ,
Fanny Blankers-Koen (
NED )
1952 :
Mae Faggs ,
Barbara Jones ,
Janet Moreau ,
Catherine Hardy (
USA )
1956 :
Shirley Barbara de la Hunty ,
Norma Croker ,
Fleur Mellor ,
Betty Cuthbert (
AUS )
1960 :
Martha Hudson ,
Lucinda Williams ,
Barbara Jones ,
Wilma Rudolph (
USA )
1964 :
Teresa Ciepły ,
Irena Kirszenstein ,
Halina Górecka ,
Ewa Kłobukowska (
POL )
1968 :
Barbara Ferrell ,
Margaret Bailes ,
Mildrette Netter ,
Wyomia Tyus (
USA )
1972 :
Christiane Krause ,
Ingrid Mickler ,
Annegret Richter ,
Heide Rosendahl (
FRG )
1976 :
Marlies Göhr ,
Renate Stecher ,
Carla Bodendorf ,
Bärbel Wöckel (
GDR )
1980 :
Romy Müller ,
Bärbel Wöckel ,
Ingrid Auerswald ,
Marlies Göhr (
GDR )
1984 :
Alice Brown ,
Jeanette Bolden ,
Chandra Cheeseborough ,
Evelyn Ashford (
USA )
1988 :
Alice Brown ,
Sheila Echols ,
Florence Griffith Joyner ,
Evelyn Ashford ,
Dannette Young (
USA )
1992 :
Evelyn Ashford ,
Esther Jones ,
Carlette Guidry ,
Gwen Torrence ,
Michelle Finn (
USA )
1996 :
Gail Devers ,
Inger Miller ,
Chryste Gaines ,
Gwen Torrence ,
Carlette Guidry (
USA )
2000 :
Savatheda Fynes ,
Chandra Sturrup ,
Pauline Davis-Thompson ,
Debbie Ferguson ,
Eldece Lewis (
BAH )
2004 :
Tayna Lawrence ,
Sherone Simpson ,
Aleen Bailey ,
Veronica Campbell ,
Beverly McDonald (
JAM )
2008 :
Olivia Borlée ,
Hanna Mariën ,
Élodie Ouédraogo ,
Kim Gevaert (
BEL )
2012 :
Tianna Madison ,
Allyson Felix ,
Bianca Knight ,
Carmelita Jeter ,
Jeneba Tarmoh ,
Lauryn Williams (
USA )
2016 :
Tianna Bartoletta ,
Allyson Felix ,
Tori Bowie ,
English Gardner ,
Morolake Akinosun (
USA )
2020 :
Briana Williams ,
Elaine Thompson-Herah ,
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ,
Shericka Jackson ,
Natasha Morrison ,
Remona Burchell (
JAM )