Verona Elder is picture here at the 1976 Olympic Games competing in the women's 4 x 400m
relay for Great Britain. They finished 7th. in the Final.
She made her international debut at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich taking
fifth place in the 4 × 400 m relay.
The following year she won the 400m title at the European Indoor Championships in Rotterdam.
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games she finished second in the 400 m and won the 4 × 400 m relay.
She retained her European indoor title at the European Indoor Championships in 1975 in Katowice.
She was a Finalist in the 400 m and 800 m at the European Championships in 1978 and won Silver in the 400m
of the Commonwealth Games at Edmonton.
At the start of 1979 season she won gold at the indoor European Indoor Championships in Vienna
Austria, ahead of Jarmila Kratochvílová.
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Women's 400m. Final.
Commonwealth Games 1974 |
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| 1. Yvonne SAUNDERS |
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CAN |
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51.67 |
| 2. Verona BERNARD |
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ENG |
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51.94 |
| 3. Charlene RENDINA |
|
AUS |
|
52.08 |
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Women's 400m. Final.
Commonwealth Games 1978 |
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| 1. Donna HARTLEY |
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ENG |
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51.69 |
| 2. Verona ELDER |
|
ENG |
|
52.94 |
| 3. Bethanie NAIL |
|
AUS |
|
53.06 |
| 4. Joslyn HOYTE |
|
ENG |
|
53.22 |
| 5. June GRIFFITH |
|
GUY |
|
53.25 |
| 6. Karen WILLIAMS |
|
SCO |
|
53.66 |
| 7. Helen BLAKE |
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JAM |
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54.15 |
| 8. Maxine CORCORAN |
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AUS |
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54.46 |