Alice Ann Doreen Simicak (née Whitty; March 24, 1934 – January 7, 2017) was a female

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er from

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, who represented her native country at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

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. A resident of Richmond, British Columbia, she claimed the silver medal in the women's high jump event at the

1959 Pan American Games The 1959 Pan American Games were held in Chicago, Illinois, United States between August 28 and September 7, 1959. Host city selection One city initially submitted a bid to host the 1959 Pan American Games that was recognized by the Pan Ame ...

, alongside

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

's Renata Friedrichs. Whitty died on January 7, 2017, in Richmond at the age of 82.

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* * * 1934 births 2017 deaths Canadian female high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games People from Richmond, British Columbia Sportspeople from British Columbia Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub