Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 September 1935 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Shirley Hampton married name Shirley Pirie (born 5 September 1935), [1] is a female former athlete who competed for England.
She originated from Orpington. Her father was Harold. She attended Woolwich Polytechnic. [2]
She represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay and a bronze medal in the 220 yards at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. [3] [4]
Other achievements include a bronze 1954 at the European Athletics Championships in Bern and English champion over 440 yards in 1958.
She married the English Olympic silver medallist long-distance runner and coach (Douglas Alistair) Gordon Pirie (1931-1991) on 24 September 1956 at Caxton Hall [5] and became Shirley Pirie. There were two daughters of the marriage, Joanne and Sara. The couple separated in 1978.
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 September 1935 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Shirley Hampton married name Shirley Pirie (born 5 September 1935), [1] is a female former athlete who competed for England.
She originated from Orpington. Her father was Harold. She attended Woolwich Polytechnic. [2]
She represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay and a bronze medal in the 220 yards at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. [3] [4]
Other achievements include a bronze 1954 at the European Athletics Championships in Bern and English champion over 440 yards in 1958.
She married the English Olympic silver medallist long-distance runner and coach (Douglas Alistair) Gordon Pirie (1931-1991) on 24 September 1956 at Caxton Hall [5] and became Shirley Pirie. There were two daughters of the marriage, Joanne and Sara. The couple separated in 1978.