Fleur Mellor

Fleur Northey Mellor (verh. Wenham; * 13. Juli 1936 in Sydney) ist eine ehemalige australische Leichtathletin und Olympiasiegerin.

Mellor gewann bei den Olympischen Spielen 1956 in Melbourne gemeinsam mit Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Norma Croker und Betty Cuthbert die Goldmedaille in der 4-mal-100-Meter-Staffel. Die Australierinnen stellten in der Qualifikationsrunde mit 44,9 s einen Weltrekord auf und verbesserten ihn im Finale auf 44,5 s.

Wenige Tage nach dem Olympiafinale war Mellor an zwei weiteren Staffelweltrekorden beteiligt: über 4-mal 110 Yards (45,6 s) und 4-mal 220 Yards (1:36,3 min).[1]

Weblinks

  • Fleur Mellor in der Datenbank von Olympedia.org (englisch)
  • Fleur Mellor in der Datenbank von Athletics Australia (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Athletic Centre: Athletics Path of Champions (Memento vom 19. Juli 2008 im Internet Archive) (englisch)
Personendaten
NAMEMellor, Fleur
ALTERNATIVNAMENMellor, Fleur Northey (vollständiger Name); Wenham, Fleur Northey
KURZBESCHREIBUNGaustralische Leichtathletin
GEBURTSDATUM13. Juli 1936
GEBURTSORTSydney

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