Rosaline Few (born 20 January 1955) is a British retired

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who competed at the

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Biography

Few became the British high jump champion after winning the British

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title at the

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. Shortly afterwards at the 1972 Olympics Games in

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, she represented

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in the women's high jump.

References

1955 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics British female high jumpers English female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Sportspeople from Andover, Hampshire Sportspeople from Hampshire 20th-century English sportswomen {{England-highjump-athletics-bio-stub