Violet Streater
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Born | 1908 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field athletics |
| Event(s) | 220 yards, 250 metres, 880 yards, 800 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals |
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Violet Streater (born 1908) was a British athletics competitor during the 1920s specialized in the 250 metres / 220 yards and later the 800 metres / 880 yards. She was national champion and represented the United Kingdom at international competitions.[1]
Career
[change | change source]In 1925 she won the bronze medal at the WAAA Championships in the 220 yards, behind Vera Palmer and Florence Haynes.[2]
She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1925 Great Britain–Czechoslovakia–Canada women's athletics match. She finished third in the 250 metres behind Palmer who ran a world record and Canadian Kay Flannagan.[3] She was also selected for the relay event.[4]
The time of 27.2 seconds in the 250 metres she ran in London on 11 July 1925, she was among the top-10 results worldwide that year.[1]
In 1929 she became champion at the WAAA Championships in the 880 yards, winning the event in a time of 2:25.8, inches ahead of Ruth Christmas.[5]
As a result, she was selected to represent her country at the 1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match where she competed in the 800 metres.[6][7][8]
The time of 2:25.0 in the 800 metres she ran in London in 13 July 1929, she was among the top-10 results worldwide that year.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Violet Streater". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ↑ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - 220 yards and 200 metres". nuts.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ↑ "Women's athletics". The Register. 3 August 1925. p. 8 – via Trove.
- ↑ "Un meeting international féminin a Stamford-Bridge | Ce samedi après midi". La Dernière Heure (in French). 1 August 1925. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.
- ↑ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - 880 yards and 800 metres". nuts.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ↑ Möwes, Detlef; Krüger, Julian (1992). 100 Jahre Deutsche Leichtathletik, Eine statistische Auswertung (in German). Selbstverlag Detlef Mewes.
- ↑ K. Wilhelm Köster (1998). 100 Jahre deutsche Leichtathletik (1898–1998): von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Hornberger Verlag.
- ↑ Presseausschuß des Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Leichtathletik 1958 (in German). Berlin-Charlottenburg: Verlag Bartels & Wernitz. 1958. p. 188.