Barbara Inkpen

Barbara Inkpen
Personal information
Born28 October 1949 (1949-10-28)
Farnham, Surrey, England
Died3 September 2021(2021-09-03) (aged 71)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1971 Helsinki High jump
Representing  England
British Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch High jump

Barbara Jean Lawton (née Inkpen; 28 October 1949 – 3 September 2021) was a track and field athlete from England, who mainly competed in the high jump event during her career.[1]

Athletics career

Inkpen trained at Aldershot, Farnham & District AC and represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics (1968 and 1972).[2]

On Saturday 19 April 1969 she took the British record from 5ft 9.25in to 5ft 9.5in at Ewell, Surrey. [3]

On Saturday 7 June 1969 she took the British record to 5 ft 10 at the London Southern Women's Championship.[4][5]

Saturday 11 July 1970 she equalled the British record of 5ft 10.5in at White City at the Great Britain v East Germany competition, after it had been taken to that record on 18 June 1969 in Sweden.[6]

She represented England and won a gold medal in the high jump event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[7][8][9] She was also runner up in the 1972 Sports Woman Of The Year.

References

  1. ^ "Barbara Inkpen". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Inkpen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  3. ^ Sunday Mirror Sunday 20 April 1969, page 47
  4. ^ The People Sunday 8 June 1969, page 19
  5. ^ Coventry Evening Telegraph Saturday 7 June 1969, page 36
  6. ^ Sunday Mirror Sunday 12 July 1970, page 34
  7. ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
  8. ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
  9. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.


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