About Janet Simpson
Janet Mary Simpson was a British athlete who competed in sprint events and the 400 metres and competed at three Olympic Games. Simpson became the national 220 yards champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1965 WAAA Championships and retained her title the following year at the 1966 WAAA Championships. Simpson competed for England in the 1966 Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 4 × 110 yards relay, where she won the silver medal with her team-mates Maureen Tranter, Daphne Slater and Jill Hall. She emulated her mother, Violet Webb, who had won bronze in the same event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She also was a member of the Great Britain team that won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece, setting a world record time of 3:30.8 minutes.
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