Ann Wilson (athlete)
 Wilson at the 1972 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1949 (age 76) Rochford, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | Hurdles, long jump, pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Southend-on-Sea AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 80 mH – 10.8 (1967) 100 mH – 13.53 (1972) LJ – 6.56 m (1970)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ann Shirley Wilson (born 29 September 1949), married name Ann Simmonds is a retired English pentathlete who competed at two Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]Wilson represented the England team[2] in the 80 metres hurdles, long jump and high jump, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4]
Wilson finished second behind Berit Berthelsen in the long jump event at the 1967 WAAA Championships.[5][6]
After finishing third behind Sheila Sherwood at the 1968 WAAA Championships, she represented Great Britain at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, in the pentathlon, 80 metres hurdles and long jump events with the best result of 13th place in the long jump.[7]
Wilson became the national long jump champion by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete in the long jump behind Ingrid Becker at the 1970 WAAA Championships.[8] The following month she represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, winning three silver medals in the long jump, high jump and pentathlon.[9]
At the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich, she represented Great Britain in the Women's pentathlon event and later won a bronze medal in the pentathlon at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games at Christchurch, New Zealand.[10]
Wilson also won the WAAA pentathlon title at the 1972 WAAA Championships and 1974 WAAA Championships.[8]
Wilson married in 1975 to become Simmonds.[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Ann Wilson". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ↑ "Muareen Tranter chosen for Empire Games". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 5 July 1966. p. 37. Retrieved 10 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ↑ "Board may forgive Anne". Sunday Express. 2 July 1967. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- 1 2 "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ↑ "Edinburgh 1970 Team". Team England. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- Sportspeople from Rochford
- British pentathletes
- English women long jumpers
- British women long jumpers
- English women hurdlers
- British women hurdlers
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- Olympic women long jumpers