Phyllis Bartholomew

Phyllis Bartholomew
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	19 April 1914; Reading, Berkshire, England
Died	January 2002 (aged 87); Portugal
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	long jump
Club	Reading AC
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing England
British Empire Games

Phyllis Bartholomew (19 April 1914 – 26 January 2002) was an English track and field athlete who competed in the long jump event during her career.

Biography

Bartholomew born in Reading, Berkshire, finished second behind Muriel Cornell in the long jump event at the 1930 WAAA Championships.^[1] Two years later, she became the national long jump champion after winning the WAAA Championships title at the 1932 WAAA Championships^[2] and subsequently retained the title at the 1933 WAAA Championships^[3] and the 1934 WAAA Championships.^[4]^[5]^[6]

She won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1934 British Empire Games, and set her personal best (5.69 metres) on 9 July 1932 at a meet in London. She married Manuel Braz in Reading in 1937.^[7] The couple later moved to Portugal, where Braz died in 1975 and Bartholomew died in January 2002 at the age of 87.^[8]

References

^ "Women Athletes". Liverpool Daily Post. 18 August 1930. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Sprinters' break world records in successive heats". Weekly Dispatch (London). 10 July 1932. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Records go by the board". Weekly Dispatch (London). 16 July 1933. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Women's A.A.A. Titles". Weekly Dispatch (London). 1 July 1934. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "FreeBMD Birth, Marriage and Death Records". FreeBMD. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
^ Phyllis Bartholomew - LifeStory