Dorothy Tyler-Odam

Medal record

Ibolya Csák, Elfriede Kaun and Dorothy Odam
at the 1936 Olympics.
Women’s athletics
Competitor for  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver 1936 Berlin High jump
Silver 1948 London High jump
Competitor for  England
British Empire Games
Gold 1938 Sydney High jump
Gold 1950 Auckland High jump
Silver 1954 Vancouver High jump

Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler nee Odam MBE (born 14 March 1920) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She was born in Stockwell, London.[1]

She competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the highjump where she won the silver medal behind Ibolya Csák. She repeated this feat in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London making her the only woman to win Olympic athletics medals before and after the war.[2]

Odam was also twice a gold medallist at the British Empire Games, winning at Sydney in 1938 and Auckland in 1950.

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