Emma Anderson (long jumper)

Anderson was a member of the Dumfries Athletic Club^[1] who specialised in the long jump.^[2] She set a Scottish record of 17 feet, 10.5 inches, when becoming the WAAA champion of Scotland in 1949.^[3] Anderson finished runner-up behind fellow Scot Margaret Erskine at the 1949 WAAA Championships.^[4][5][6]

Anderson represented the Scottish Empire Games team^[7] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,^[8] participating in one event,^[9] the long jump.

Anderson was a physical education teacher at the Dumfries High School and also excelled in discus and javelin, winning the Scottish WAAA titles in 1951.^[10]