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 The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

. In late 1961 she gave birth to a son. At the time she lived in

Bantry Bay (New South Wales) Bantry Bay is a bay located in the Garigal National Park in Middle Harbour within Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The local Bluff Track starts at the end of Grattan Crescent Frenchs Forest. There is a steep walk down to a wharf on ...

. She twice represented Australia at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

, competing in 1956 and 1960.

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1934 births Living people Athletes from Sydney Australian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Sportswomen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportswomen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub