Alice Ann Doreen WHITTY

Canadian Alice Whitty finished 10th in a field of 17 competitors in the high jump competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but went on to claim bronze in that event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, behind Thelma Hopkins and Dorothy Tyler, both of England. She had broken the Canadian women’s high jump record during the trials for the 1954 Games and continued to perform well in the lead-up to the 1956 Summer Olympics, including a fifth-place finish at the 1955 Pan American Games. At the 1956 Olympics, however, she placed joint-16th, alongside Great Britain’s Audrey Bennett. Whitty later earned a silver medal at the 1959 Pan American Games, behind Ann Marie Flynn of the United States and tied with non-Olympian Renata Friedrichs of Chile, but retired from active competition shortly after. She held degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of British Columbia and later lived in BC, which allowed her to take part in carrying the torch to the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver.

Personal Best: HJ – 1.625 (1956).