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British athlete

Margaret Walker
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1925-01-02)2 January 1925
Spilsby, England
Died10 May 2016(2016-05-10) (aged 91)
Saxmundham, England
Sport
SportSprinting
Event200 metres
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place 1950 Auckland 660 yard relay
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland 4 x 440 yard relay

Margaret Walker (2 January 1925 – 10 May 2016) was a British sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She competed as part of Great Britain's 1948 Olympic 4 × 100 m relay team and they were placed fourth.

She also represented England and won a silver medal in the 660 yard relay and a bronze medal in the 4 x 440 yard relay at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. She also competed in the 110 yards and 200 yards events.

References

  1. Margaret Walker at Olympedia (archive)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margaret Walker Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. Lygkas, Giannis. "1948 Olympic Games London, Great Britain - Women's 4 x 100 m - Sport-Olympic.com". www.sport-olympic.gr. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "1950 Athletes". Team England.

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