Jane Parry
British athlete
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Jane Louise Parry (born 15 November 1964) is a female former track and field athlete who competed for England in the 400 metres.[2]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1964[1] Ellesmere Port, Cheshire | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 200m, 400m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Trafford AC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Parry attended The Whitby High School,[3] and lived at 2 Woodland Road.[4] She was sponsored by BNFL at Capenhurst.[5] She had six months in Tucson at the University of Arizona on an athletics scholarship.[6] She went to Chester College.[7]
Parry finished third behind Michelle Scutt in the 200 metres event at the 1983 WAAA Championships.[8][9]
At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she represented Great Britain flying in as a late addition to the team, but was told that she was not in the team three days before the race.[10]
Parry finished third behind Kathy Cook in the 400 metres event at the 1986 WAAA Championships[11] and the following month represented England in the 4 x 400 metres relay event with Kathy Cook, Linda Keough and Angela Piggford, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[12][13][14]
By 1989 she was called Jane Wedgewood.[citation needed]
