Anne Pashley
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Medal record | |||
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Competitor for United Kingdom | |||
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Olympic Games | |||
Silver | Melbourne 1956 | 4x100m Relay | |
European Championships | |||
Bronze | Berne 1954 | 100 metres |
Anne Pashley (born June 5, 1935[1]) is a retired female track and field sprinter, who represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics. There she won the silver medal in the women's 4x100m relay alongside Jean Scrivens, June Foulds and Heather Armitage.
Pashley claimed the bronze medal at the 1954 European Championships in Berne, Switzerland in the women's individual 100 metres, behind Irena Turova (Soviet Union) and Berta van Deyne (Netherlands).
Pashley became an opera singer and made her stage debut in 1959. She has performed at Glyndebourne, Covent Garden and across Europe [2].
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=6171 British Olympic Committee
- ^ Anne Pashley (Soprano) - Short Biography