Jean Whitehead (sprinter)

For the English long jumper, see Jean Whitehead.
Jean Whitehead
née Docker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born1934[1]
Wales
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprints / Long jump
ClubMiddlesex Ladies AC

Jean A. Whitehead née Jean Docker (born 1934) is a former track and field athlete from Wales, who competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Docker was born in Cardiff but lived in London[2] and was a member of the Middlesex Ladies Athletic Club.[3] and by 1958 was a 11-times Welsh champion over 100, 220 and 440 yard and the long jump.[4] Docker married Edward Whitehead in London during 1957 and competed under her married name thereafter.

In June 1958 Whitehead represented South Wales against North Wales in a warm up event before the Empire Games, winning the 220 yards event and finishing runner-up behind Bronwen Jones in the 100 yards event.[5] She also won the double at the 1958 AAA Welsh championships, winning both the 100 yards and 220 yards events (her 12th and 13th titles).[6]

She represented the 1958 Welsh team[7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,[8] where she participated in three events;[9] the 100 yards, the 220 yards[10] and the 4 × 110 yards relay, with Bonny Jones, Ellen Grainger and Gwyneth Lewis. In the relay the Welsh team were denied a place in the final after being disqualified following an illegal baton change.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Entry Information". Free BMD. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  2. ^ "The Coach Looks On". Evening News (London). 17 January 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 22 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "They wear the Red Dragon". Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 25. Retrieved 22 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Athletics Team". Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 33. Retrieved 22 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Three athletic records go". Western Mail. 30 June 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 22 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "A.A.A. Results". Western Mail. 23 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 22 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Britain's sprint hope in two Games events". Derby Daily Telegraph. 25 June 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 22 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "British Empire and Commonwealth Games". Rugby Relics. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  10. ^ Newham, C. E. (1958). The Official History of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Organising Committee of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
  11. ^ "Baton Change Cost Welsh Women Relay Final Place". Western Mail. 26 July 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 22 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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