Alice Whitty

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Alice Ann Doreen Simicak (née Whitty; March 24, 1934 January 7, 2017) was a female high jumper from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[1] A resident of Richmond, British Columbia, she claimed the silver medal in the women's high jump event at the 1959 Pan American Games, alongside Chile's Renata Friedrichs.

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Alice Whitty

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place1959 ChicagoHigh Jump
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1954 VancouverHigh Jump
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Whitty died on January 7, 2017, in Richmond at the age of 82.[2]

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