Janet Simpson
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  United Kingdom |
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| Women's athletics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1964 Tokyo | 4 x 100 metres | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1969 Athens | 4 x 400 metres | |
Janet Simpson (born 2 September 1944) is a British athlete who competed in sprint events.
She competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 4 x 100 metres relay, where she won the bronze medal with her team-mates Mary Rand, Daphne Arden and Dorothy Hyman. She emulated her mother, Violet Webb, who had won bronze in the same event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
She finished fourth in the 400 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, missing the bronze medal by only 0.22 seconds.
She also was a member of the Great Britain team that won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece, also setting a world record time of 3.30.82. Running the third leg, Janet ran the fastest time (53.1) of the British quartet and made up 15 metres on the leader, Elaine Jacq of France. The other members of that victorious team were Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe and Lillian Board.
She retired from athletics in 1969 but made a comeback to compete in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, helping the the Great Britain relay squad finish fifth in the final of the 4 x 400 metres.
She married the Swiss sprinter Philippe Clerc, 200m champion at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics.
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- Athletics biography [1]
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