Violet Rose Olney (later ''Parish''; 22 May 1911 – 3 January 1999) was an English

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who competed at the

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Biography

Olney from

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, London, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. Olney finished second behind Eileen Hiscock in the 200 metres event at the 1933 WAAA Championships. After finishing third behind Barbara Burke in the 200 metres event at the 1936 WAAA Championships, Olney competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where she won the silver medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres with her teammates Eileen Hiscock, Audrey Brown and Barbara Burke.

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1911 births 1999 deaths English female sprinters British female sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Place of birth missing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters 20th-century English sportswomen {{England-sprint-athletics-bio-stub