Joan Page-Allison
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 1947 London, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cambridge Harriers | |||||||||||||||||
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Joan Florence Page OBE (née Allison; born 10 June 1947) is a retired British international middle-distance runner.
Biography
Page competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
Page represented England and won a silver medal in the 1,500 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2][3] Page married shortly after the Games and competed as Allison thereafter.[4]
Allison finished second behind Rita Ridley in the 1500 metres event at the 1971 WAAA Championships.[5][6]
Allison became the British 1500 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1973 WAAA Championships.[7] The following year, Allison won a second silver medal in the 1,500 metres and finished fourth in the 800 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[8]
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1995 Birthday Honours for services to athletics.[9]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joan Page-Allison Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ↑ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ↑ "Women's AAA Results". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 18 July 1971. Retrieved 6 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ The United Kingdom:"No. 54066". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 1995. p. 10.
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- English women middle-distance runners
- British women middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes from London
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
- Olympic women middle-distance runners
- English middle-distance runner stubs