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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1957-01-13) 13 January 1957 (age 67) | |||||||||||||||||
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Ruth Kennedy (married name Ruth Patten; born 1957), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Athletics career
She represented England and won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with Jannette Roscoe, Sue Pettett and Verona Bernard, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. Four years later she represented England and won a gold medal again in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The other team members were Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Verona Elder and Donna Hartley.
References
- "1974 Games". Team England.
- "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
| Commonwealth Games champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay | |
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- 1957 births
- English female sprinters
- British female sprinters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen