Dorothy Manley

Manley worked as a typist and coached for only five months, when she participated in 1948 at the Summer Olympics in London and with a score of 12.2 seconds, the silver medal in the 100 -meter run behind the Dutch Fanny blanker - Koen ( gold ) and before the Australian Shirley Strickland ( Bronze) won. She was actually going to participate as a high jumper in the Olympics, but her coach insisted that she should start as a sprinter. At the opening ceremony, they did not participate, as they should take it easy for the next day early competitions. Your Heats she won all the finals but was beaten Fanny blanker - Koen, which is partly due to the fact that Manley thought due to their nervousness, it was started too early, and continued to run reluctant to enter the first few meters. During the Olympics, she took care of her fiancé and later husband Peter Hall, who was in clinical treatment by mental health problems and a suicide attempt.

In 1949 she married Hall and launched from there under the name Dorothy Hall. In the British Empire Games in 1950 it reached team bronze in the 440 ( 110x220x110 ) yards and the team silver medal in the 660 ( 220x110x220x110 ) yards. After problems with her thyroid, she finished in 1952 their sports career.

Her first husband died in 1973. In 1979 she married her teammates at the Olympic Games in 1948 and the British Empire Games in 1950 John Parlett.

At a size of 1.65 m her competition weight was 56 kg. She started for the club Essex Ladies and sat down heavily for the award of the 2012 Olympic Games in London a.