Dorothy Tyler-Odam
Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler ( born as Dorothy Odam, born March 14, 1920 in Stockwell ) is an English athlete who had won medals in major championships before and after the Second World War in the high jump. In addition to two silver Olympic medals she won twice at the Commonwealth Games and ever received a silver medal at the European Championships and Commonwealth Games.
Career
In April 1936, Dorothy Odam made a world record of 1.65 meters, this performance was not officially recognized as a world record. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin three jumpers jumped over the height of 1.60 meters: The Hungarian Ibolya Csak in the first attempt, Dorothy Odam in the second trial and the German Elfriede Kaun in the third attempt. Since then, the multi- attempt rule did not apply, it came to the jump-off in which Csak overcame 1.62 meters and 1.60 meters Odam. Since Kaun tore each, resulted after harvesting the same ranking as after the usual date, multi- trial rule. In the British Empire Games in 1938 in Sydney Odam won with 1.60 meters in front of her compatriot Dora Gardner, at the European Championships in 1938 Odam was not at the start. On May 29, 1939 Odam skipped the first woman to the height of 1.66 meters and this time it has been recognized world record.
In 1948 she took, now as Dorothy Tyler, again at a major championship in part: In the 1948 Olympic Games in her hometown of London, she jumped new national record of 1.68 meters. Since the US-American Alice Coachman also overcame 1.68, Dorothy Tyler had again after twelve years in the jump-off for gold and again she won the silver medal. In February 1950, the first found in Auckland Empire Games held after World War II. Tyler won for the second time after 1938; as well as their second-placed compatriot Bertha Crowther she crossed 1.60 meters. In August 1950, at the European Championships in Brussels jumped three jumpers over 1.63 meters, according to the now introduced more experimental rule won her compatriot Sheila Alexander before Tyler and Galina Ganeker from the Soviet Union.
In the following years, reaching Tyler still top rankings. In the 1952 Olympics she won with 1.58 meters in seventh place. In the summer of 1954, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver. The Nordirin Thelma Hopkins won with 1.68 meters, 1.60 meters with Tyler took silver for England. The end of 1956 stood at the Olympic Games in Melbourne Dorothy Tyler in her fourth Olympic final, with 1.60 meters she finished twelfth.
1935 jumped Dorothy Odam first time the height of five feet (152.4 cm), the last time she managed this in 1966. 1936 she was the youngest athlete who had ever set a British record. She won eight national champion in the high jump from 1936 to 1956, in 1951 she won the long jump and in addition the pentathlon.
At a height of 1.68 m her competition weight was 52 kg. In 2002, she was awarded the title of MBE.