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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1949-10-11) 11 October 1949 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||
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Christine Bell née Perera (born 1949), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Athletics career
She represented England and won a bronze medal in the 100 metres hurdles, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
In 1968 she became English champion over 100 m hurdles, 1968 and 1970 over 200 m hurdles and 1969 English indoor champion over 60 m hurdles. On 3 June 1967 in Blackburn she set an unofficial world-best time over 100 m hurdles with 13.7 s. In 1969 she won bronze at the European Indoor Games in Belgrade over 50 m hurdles and competed in the 1969 European Athletics Championships.
References
- "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- English female hurdlers
- British female hurdlers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen