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Alice Whitty

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Alice Whitty

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1959 Chicago High Jump
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Vancouver High Jump

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.

Whitty died on January 7, 2017, in Richmond at the age of 82.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alice Whitty". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Full name: Alice Ann Doreen Whitty
  2. ^ "Alice Ann SIMICAK Obituary". legacy.com. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
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