Sue Hearnshaw

Hearnshaw, born in Liversedge, West Yorkshire, graduated from Loughborough University. Her mother, Muriel Pletts, had competed in the first post-war Summer Olympic Games in London in 1948, finishing fourth as part of the British women's 4 × 100 metre relay team.^[1]

Hearnshaw represented England in the long jump event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada^[2] and the following year became the British long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1979 WAAA Championships.^[3]

Hearnshaw represented England again in the long jump event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.^[4][5]

Hearnshaw achieved her legal best in the long jump with 6.83 metres on 6 May 1984. She also jumped a wind-assisted 7.00 metres when winning the UK Championship title on 27 May 1984. Soon afterwards Hearnshaw regained the WAAA title at the 1984 WAAA Championships.^[6][7]

Additionally in 1984, she won the European Indoor title and competed for Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, in the long jump, where she won a bronze medal. Her long jump best of 6.83 metres in 1984, ranks her eighth on the UK all-time list.

She subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant.