Christine Bell née Perera (born 1949), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Perera educated at Fairfield High School, became the national 100 metres hurdles champion after winning the British

WAAA Championships The WAAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) in England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event for women during its lifetime. Since 1880, the Amateur Athl ...

title at the 1966 WAAA Championships. On 3 June 1967 in Blackburn she set an unofficial world-best time over 100 metres hurdles with 13.7 sec and later regained the WAAA 100 metres hurdles title at the

1968 WAAA Championships The 1968 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 19 to 20 July 1968. The 3,000 metres event was held for ...

. She became engaged to fellow Stretford AC athlete Kevin Bell in January 1968. In 1969 she won bronze at the European Indoor Games in Belgrade over 50 m hurdles and competed in the

1969 European Athletics Championships The 1969 European Athletics Championships were the ninth European Athletics Championships which were held from 16–21 September 1969 at the Karaiskakis Stadium, Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece. New at these championships were the w ...

, in addition to winning the 1969 English indoor title over 60 metres hurdles. Perera married Kevin Bell in 1970 and competed under her married name thereafter. Shortly afterwards Bell became the national 200 metres hurdles champion at the 1970 WAAA Championships and represented

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at the

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, Scotland, winning a bronze medal in the 100 metres hurdles, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Christine 1949 births Living people English female hurdlers British female hurdlers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics