Gillian Green (née Dainty) (born 24 November 1958), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Dainty became the British 1500 champion after winning the British

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title at the

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and retained her title the following year at the

1981 WAAA Championships The 1981 WAAA Championships sponsored by Sunsilk, 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 24 to 25 July 1981. The Pentathlo ...

. Dainty represented

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and won a silver medal in the 1,500 metres, at the

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, Australia. Dainty married Ian Green in Walsall in 1983 and competed under her married name thereafter and shortly afterwards won her third WAAA title at the

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. Three years later she represented

in the 1,500 metres event again, at the

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, Scotland.

References

1958 births English female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Living people Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{England-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub