Denise Ramsden (athlete)

Denise Ramsden
Personal information
Full name Denise Irene Ramsden (Castle)
Born 11 February 1952
Wakefield
Died 19 April 2003 (aged 51)
Height 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 8 st 5 lb (53.1 kg; 117.0 lb)
Sport
Club Dorothy Hyman Track Club
Achievements and titles
Regional finals 1969 European Athletics Championships
Olympic finals 1976 Summer Olympics
Updated on 7 September 2014.

Denise Irene Ramsden (néé Castle) (11 February 1952 in Wakefield[1] – 19 April 2003 (aged 51)[2]) was an English Olympian sprint athlete of the 1960s and '70s, running at club level for the Dorothy Hyman Track Club, as a child she attended Stanley St. Peter's School in Stanley, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Denise Ramsden's personal best time for the 100 metres was 11.67 seconds set at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh on 6 August 1976, and her personal best time for the 200 metres was 23.48 seconds set at Crystal Palace, London on 21 August 1976,[3]

Her best time for the 4 × 100 metres relay was in the team running 43.44 seconds for Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada on 30 July 1976, the team that set the British record and finished eighth in the final was; Wendy Hoyte (née Clarke), Denise Ramsden, Sharon Colyear (née Danville), Andrea Lynch (née Saunders).[4]

She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay, the team running 44.39 seconds for Great Britain and Northern Ireland Athletic team in the 1969 European Athletics Championships in the Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens, Greece, the team was; Anita Neil, Denise Ramsden, Sheila Cooper, Valerie Peat (née Wild).

Genealogical information

Denise Ramsden was the niece of the rugby league footballers Malcolm Sampson, and David Sampson, and the cousin of the rugby league footballer Dean Sampson, and rugby union and rugby league footballer Paul Sampson.

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Denise Castle (Nee Ramsden) : Memorial". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "United Kingdom All-Time Lists - Women (Sprints)". gbrathletics.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "United Kingdom All-Time Lists - Women (Multi-Discipline & Relays)". 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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