Mildred Fizzell

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics Competitor for Canada
Silver	1932 Los Angeles	4x100 metre relay

Mildred Fizzell (June 12, 1915 – November 11, 1993) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Mildred Fizzell is commonly listed erroneously as Mildred Frizzel in many record books.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Fizzell competed for Canada in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Lillian Palmer, Mary Frizzel and Hilda Strike. Mildred's father drove the team to the Games in Los Angeles.

The team believed that they tied with the team from the United States. However with the lack of modern equipment to determine a tie, the United States team was awarded the win. In many record books the two teams are listed with the same times.

Famous for her explosive start, Mildred Fizzell was sent to the 1932 Olympics in the 4x100 metre relay only. She would have competed at the 1936 games in both relay and 100 metre sprint; however, at the 1934 British Empire Games (now known as the Commonwealth games) she took ill and never ran again. She later married Alfred Walker and had 3 daughters and 10 grandchildren. She died in Toronto, Ontario.

Persondata
Name	Fizzell, Mildred
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	June 12, 1915
Place of birth
Date of death	2003
Place of death

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