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(Redirected from Betty Brickwood) British athlete (1921–1986)

Betty Lock
Personal information
Born7 May 1921
Surrey, England
DiedJuly 1986 (aged 65)
London, England
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprints
ClubHercules AC
Mitcham AC
Medal record
Representing  England
WAAA Championships
Gold medal – first place 1936 White City 60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1937 White City 60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1938 White City 60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1938 White City 100 metres
Gold medal – first place 1939 White City 60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1939 White City 100 metres

Dorothy Betty Lock (married name Brickwood) (7 May 1921 – July 1986) was a British athlete who specialised in the sprint disciplines and was a six-times British champion.

Career

Lock won four consecutive 60 metres titles at the WAAA Championships.

Lock representing the Hercules Athletic Club, won her first title at the 1936 WAAA Championships and recorded a national record of 7.6 seconds over the 60 metres. She successfully retained her title at the 1937 WAAA Championships, before moving to the Mitcham Athletic Club.

Lock secured a double success at the 1938 WAAA Championships, winning both the 60 metres and equalling her own British record and becoming British 100 metres champion, setting a Championship record of 12.2 seconds. The following year in 1939, Lock retained both titles at the 1939 WAAA Championships and once again equalled her own 60 metres national record.

She married in 1944 and became Dorothy Brickwood. After World War II, she continued to race for Mitcham AC until 1950.

References

  1. "Dorothy Betty Lock". Surrey Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  2. "Betty Lock". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  4. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  5. "Five Records Broken". Western Mail. 20 July 1936. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Miss Gladys Lunn's Triple Success". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 8 August 1937. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Records by Women". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1938. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Women's A.A.A. Titles". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 23 July 1939. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Great performance by Mitcham girls". Sutton & Epsom Advertiser. 15 July 1948. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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