Janet Simpson

Janet Simpson ( Janet Mary Simpson, born September 2, 1944 in Barnet, London Borough of Barnet; † 14 March 2010) was a British sprinter.

In 1964 she was at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Seventh of over 200 m. In the 4 x 100 - meter relay team, she won the bronze medal with the British quartet in the occupation Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden and Dorothy Hyman.

In the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1966 in Kingston, she was eighth over 220 yards and caught with the English team silver in the 4 x 110 yards relay.

Two years later she was at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City and came fourth in the 400m with the British team in the 4 x 100 - meter relay team to seventh place.

In the European Athletics Championships 1969 in Athens, she finished seventh in the 400m. In the inaugural 4-by- 400 - meter relay team she put together with Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe and Lillian Board with 3:30,8 min on a world record.

In 1972, she retired from about 400 m in the flow at the Olympic Games in Munich. In the 4 x 400 meters relay she finished with the British relay race in fifth place.

1965 and 1966 she was British champion in the 220 ​​yards.

Her mother Violet Webb had won an Olympic bronze medal in the relay in 1932. Janet Simpson was married to the Swiss Sprinter Philippe Clerc. From later divorced marriage a son and a daughter were born.