Fleur Mellor (born 31 July 1936) is an Australian athlete and olympic champion. She competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where she received a gold medal in 4 x 100 m relay, with Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Norma Croker and Betty Cuthbert.[1] Their winning time (44.5) was new world record.
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Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m relay |
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1928 Canada Fanny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane Bell & Myrtle Cook • 1932 United States Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers & Wilhelmina von Bremen • 1936 United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson & Helen Stephens • 1948 Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs & Fanny Blankers-Koen
1952 United States Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau & Catherine Hardy • 1956 Australia Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor & Betty Cuthbert • 1960 United States Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones & Wilma Rudolph • 1964 Poland Teresa Cieply, Irena Szewinska, Halina Górecka & Ewa Klobukowska • 1968 United States Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter & Wyomia Tyus • 1972 West Germany Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter & Heidemarie Rosendahl • 1976 East Germany Marlies Göhr, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf & Bärbel Wöckel • 1980 East Germany Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald & Marlies Göhr • 1984 United States Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough & Evelyn Ashford • 1988 United States Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner & Evelyn Ashford • 1992 United States Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry & Gwen Torrence • 1996 United States Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines & Gwen Torrence • 2000 Bahamas Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson & Debbie Ferguson • 2004 Jamaica Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey & Veronica Campbell • 2008 Russia Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina & Yuliya Chermoshanskaya |
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