Elsie Maguire

Elsie Maguire
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born7 August 1908
Kensington, London
Died16 August 1989 (aged 81)
Brent, London, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprints
ClubLondon Olympiades AC
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place1934 London3×110/220 yd

Elsie Evelin Shaw (née Maguire, 7 August 1908 – 16 August 1989) was an English athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.

Biography

Maguire was born in August 1908 in Kensington, London. She married William Frederick Shaw in June 1935 in Hackney, London.[1]

Maguire finished second behind Eileen Hiscock in the 100 metres event at the 1934 WAAA Championships.[2][3][4]

At the 1934 Empire Games she was a member of the England relay team which won the gold medal in the 110-220-110 yards event. In the 100 yards competition she finished fourth.[5]

Shaw died in Brent, London in 1989 at the age of 81.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Elsie Evelyn Maguire in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1936
  2. ↑ "Women's A.A.A. Titles". Weekly Dispatch (London). 1 July 1934. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Elsie Evelyn Shaw in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
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