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Pauline Threapleton-Wainwright
British hurdler (born 1933) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pauline Anne Wainwright née Threapleton (born 16 October 1933) is a British former hurdler who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
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Biography
Threapleton represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki in the Women's 80 metres hurdles competition.[2]
Threapleton married Alan Wainwright in 1953 and competed under her married name thereafter.[3]
Wainwright finished second behind Margaret Francis in the 80 metres hurdles event at the 1955 WAAA Championships[4] and third behind Pamela Elliott in the same event at the 1956 WAAA Championships.[5][6]
She competed in her second Olympic Games in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1956 Olympic Games.[2]
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