Judy Amoore

Judith " Judy " Amoore (born Pollock, born June 25, 1940 in Victoria, Australia ) is a former Australian athlete and Olympian.

At the Australian Championships in February 1964, she achieved a 3rd place over 440 yards and over 880 yards a 2nd place. In 1966 she was the final 100 yards not reach, but gained more than 220 yards 3rd place and 440 yards the first place, as well as over 880 yards. The Federal Championships of Women in Victoria, she finished with three first places (220 y. / 440 y. / 880 y. ).

At the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, she won in the first belonging to the Olympic disciplines 400 meter race the bronze medal behind the also from Australia originating Betty Cuthbert ( gold) and the British woman Ann Elizabeth Packer (silver).

In the British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966, held in Kingston, Jamaica, she won over 440 yards the gold medal in front of the British Deirdre Watkinson ( silver) and the Jamaican Una Morris ( bronze), and the silver medal over 880 yards behind the Canadian Abby Hoffman ( gold ) and before the Briton Anne Smith ( bronze).