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Name
  
Violet Olney

Died
  
January 1999

Weight
  
56 kg

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Height
  
1.62 m

Olympic medals
  
Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Similar People
  
Aileen Meagher, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens

Violet Rose Olney (later Parish; 22 May 1911 – January 1999) was an English athlete from Southwark, London, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

She competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she won the silver medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Eileen Hiscock, Audrey Brown and Barbara Burke.

References

Violet Olney Wikipedia