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| Birth name | Edith Halstead | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | 
England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1907
[1][
better source needed] Radcliffe, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1962 (aged 54)
[2][
better source needed] Blackpool, England | ||||||||||||||
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Edwin "Eddie" Halstead (1907–1962), formerly Edith Halstead, was an English athlete. Halstead won a silver medal in the women's javelin throw at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. [3]
Halstead's sister Nellie also competed in the 1934 Games and won three medals. [4][ better source needed]
Later, as part of a gender transition, Halstead changed his name to Edwin. [4][ better source needed]
- ^ "Births Dec 1907". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Deaths Jun 1962". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ a b "Nellie Halstead Biography". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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- 1907 births
- 1962 deaths
- English javelin throwers
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Transgender sportsmen
- English transgender sportspeople
- LGBT track and field athletes
- 20th-century English LGBT people
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- English transgender men
- English athletics biography stubs
| The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for sports and athletics. (April 2020) |
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Edith Halstead | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1907
[1][
better source needed] Radcliffe, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1962 (aged 54)
[2][
better source needed] Blackpool, England | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edwin "Eddie" Halstead (1907–1962), formerly Edith Halstead, was an English athlete. Halstead won a silver medal in the women's javelin throw at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. [3]
Halstead's sister Nellie also competed in the 1934 Games and won three medals. [4][ better source needed]
Later, as part of a gender transition, Halstead changed his name to Edwin. [4][ better source needed]
- ^ "Births Dec 1907". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Deaths Jun 1962". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ a b "Nellie Halstead Biography". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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| This biographical article relating to English athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1907 births
- 1962 deaths
- English javelin throwers
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Transgender sportsmen
- English transgender sportspeople
- LGBT track and field athletes
- 20th-century English LGBT people
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- English transgender men
- English athletics biography stubs