Ivy Walker

Ivy Walker
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	22 September 1911; England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprinting
Club	Cambridge Harriers/Metrogas ASA
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Women's Athletics
Women's World Games
Representing England
British Empire Games

Ivy Kay Walker, later Thorpe (born 22 September 1911, date of death unknown), was an English athlete who competed in the 1930 Women's World Games and the 1934 British Empire Games.

Biography

Walker finished second behind Kinue Hitomi in the 220 yards event at the 1928 WAAA Championships.^[1]^[2] The following year, Walker became the national 100 yards champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1929 WAAA Championships^[3]

At the 1930 Women's World Games in Prague she was a member, along with Ethel Scott, Eileen Hiscock and Daisy Ridgley, of the British 4×100 metre relay team which won the silver medal.^[4]

Walker finished second behind Nellie Halstead in both the 100 and 220 yards events at the 1931 WAAA Championships.^[5]

At the 1934 Empire Games she was a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards relay competition (with Eileen Hiscock, Nellie Halstead and Ethel Johnson).^[6] In the 220 yards competition she was eliminated in the heats.

Walker continued to compete and finished second behind Audrey Wade and Eileen Hiscock in the 60 metres and 100 metres events respectively at the 1935 WAAA Championships.^[7]^[8]

External links

Profile Archived 18 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine at TOPS in athletics
British national athletics records as of 1950

References

^ "Records Broken by Women Athletes". Reynolds's Newspaper. 15 July 1928. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Records by Women". Weekly Dispatch (London). 14 July 1929. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Eric L. Cowe, Early women's athletics: statistics and history (Bingley: c1999), pp. 112-13.
^ "Women Set Up new Records". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 July 1931. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Commonwealth Games results Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine. CWG. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Athletics". Hull Daily Mail. 10 August 1935. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[1] "Records Broken by Women Athletes". Reynolds's Newspaper. 15 July 1928. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[3] "Records by Women". Weekly Dispatch (London). 14 July 1929. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[cowe_1999-4] Eric L. Cowe, Early women's athletics: statistics and history (Bingley: c1999), pp. 112-13.

[5] "Women Set Up new Records". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 July 1931. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] Commonwealth Games results Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine. CWG. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

[7] "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[8] "Athletics". Hull Daily Mail. 10 August 1935. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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