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 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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.