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| Born | 28 October 1949 Farnham, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 September 2021 (aged 71) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barbara Jean Lawton (née Inkpen; 28 October 1949 – 3 September 2021) was a track and field athlete from England, who mainly competed in the high jump event during her career.[1]
Inkpen trained at Aldershot, Farnham & District AC and represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics (1968 and 1972).[2]
On Saturday 19 April 1969 she took the British record from 5ft 9.25in to 5ft 9.5in at Ewell, Surrey. [3]
On Saturday 7 June 1969 she took the British record to 5 ft 10 at the London Southern Women's Championship.[4][5]
Saturday 11 July 1970 she equalled the British record of 5ft 10.5in at White City at the Great Britain v East Germany competition, after it had been taken to that record on 18 June 1969 in Sweden.[6]
She represented England and won a gold medal in the high jump event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[7][8][9] She was also runner up in the 1972 Sports Woman Of The Year.
