Gloria Wigney Explained

Birth Place:Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia
Height:165 cm
Weight:55 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Hurdles, sprint
Pb:80 mH – 10.8 (1960)
100 m – 11.7 (1959)
Club:Western Suburbs AAC, Sydney
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Gloria Janet Wigney (née Cooke on 17 November 1934) is a retired Australian sprinter. Competing in the 80 m hurdles event she placed third at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and sixth at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In late 1961 she gave birth to a son. At the time she lived in Bantry Bay (New South Wales). She twice represented Australia at the Summer Olympics, competing in 1956 and 1960.