Nellie Halstead
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Great Britain | ||
| Women's World Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1930 Prague | 200 metres |
| Olympic Games | ||
| | 1932 Los Angeles | 4x100 metre relay |
Representing  England | ||
| British Empire Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1934 London | 3×110/220 yd |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1934 London | 4×110/220 yd |
| | 1934 London | 220 yd |
Nellie Halstead (19 September 1910–November 1991) was an English track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1] She was born in Radcliffe, Lancashire and died in Bury. She was a member of Bury Athletic Club.
She competed for Great Britain as one of Britain's first women track Olympians in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, where in the 4×100 metres she won the bronze medal with her team mates Eileen Hiscock, Gwendoline Porter and Violet Webb (replacing the injured Ethel Johnson.
At the 1934 Empire Games she was a member of the English relay team which won the gold medal in the 110-220-110 yards relay event and the silver medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards relay competition (with Eileen Hiscock, Halstead, Ethel Johnson and Ivy Walker).[2] In the 220 yards she won the bronze medal.
According to historian Jean Williams, Halstead also played as a centre forward for the Dick, Kerr's Ladies football team.[1][3][4]
She also competed in the 1.9-mile women's race before the International Cross Country Championships, winning the title for England.[5]
References
- 1 2 Nellie Halstead, Sports Reference LLC, retrieved 14 August 2012
- ↑ Commonwealth Games results. CWG. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Jean Williams (2007). A beautiful game: international perspectives on women's football. Berg. p. 78. ISBN 1-84520-674-6. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
Nellie Halstead, who later played centre forward for Dick, Kerr, won bronze in the 1936 Olympic games.
- ↑ Nellie Halstead, Radcliffe AC, retrieved 14 August 2012
- ↑ International Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-04-03.