Elspeth Whyte
British athlete (1926–2023)
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Elspeth Anderson Whyte (24 December 1926 – 24 March 2023), later known as Elspeth Stephanson, was a British athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Whyte was born in Hendon, Middlesex on 24 December 1926. Whyte finished second behind Bevis Reid in the discus throw event at the 1948 WAAA Championships.[2][3][4] Shortly afterwards representing Great Britain at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, she competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw.[5]
In 1954, she married Swede Karl Stephanson before moving to live in Sweden.[5] In 1963, she was living in Queensland, Australia.[6] Whyte died in Västerås, Sweden on 24 March 2023, at the age of 96.[5]
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