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Sue REEVE

Great Britain & N.I.

Sue Reeve - Great Britain & N.I. - 1978 Commonwealth Long Jump Champion.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 23 July 1976

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Monday, 17 September 1951
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Birmingham, England.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Great Britain & N.I.
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Sue REEVE - Great Britain & N.I. - 1978 Commonwealth Long Jump Champion.

Sue Reeve represented Great Britain at three Summer Olympics: 1968, 1976 and 1980.

She is pictured above at the 1976 Games in Montreal where she finished 9th. (6.27m).

She jumped 6.46m in Moscow (1980) to qualify for the final (6.43w). Sue also competed

in the pentathlon and finished 10th at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, then as Sue Scott,

one place behind Mary Peters (the 1972 Champion).

 

Personal Bests: Long jump 6.69m (1979); Pentathlon 4,786 points (1968).

 

Women's Long Jump Final

Commonwealth Games 1978


 
1. Sue REEVE   ENG   6.59
2. Erica HOOKER   AUS   6.58
3. June GRIFFITH   GUY   6.52
4. Sue HEARNSHAW   ENG   6.40
5. Shonell FERGUSON   BAH   6.24
6. Janet YAWSON   GHA   6.19
7. Ruth HOWELL   WAL   6.17
8. Lynn JACENKO   AUS   6.14