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	Shirley Strickland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shirley Barbara Strickland (July 18, 1925 – February 11, 2004), later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, was an Australian athlete.
		Strickland, a native of Northam, Western Australia, graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Science in 1945 and, in 1946, won honours with physics.
		She won the national title in the 80 m hurdles in 1948, and was part of the Australian delegation for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shirley_Strickland (566 words)

	Blog of Death: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
		Shirley Strickland de la Hunty was the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic titles in track and field events.
		The daughter of a professional sprinter, Strickland made her debut representing Australia in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where she won a silver medal in the 400-meter relay and a bronze in the 100- and 80-meter hurdles.
		Strickland was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1957 and became an Officer in the Order of Australia in 2001.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000753.html (386 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Strickland de la Hunty with a total of seven Olympic podium finishes in her career is the most medalled Australian track and field athlete in Olympic history.
		Strickland was the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic athletics title and is still to this day the only double Olympic hurdles title winner in history.
		Strickland had given birth to her first baby, Phillip, in 1953 - the first of her four children - and then at the age of 31, she again defied convention and prejudice against her age to win the hurdles gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956.
	www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=24094,printer.html (1248 words)

	Shirley Strickland - Athletics Gold
		Many spectators thought that Strickland should have been awarded the race and the Western Australian later said she was stopped in the street by people in Sydney who said they could not believe she had not been awarded the title.
		Strickland needed to be close to her best in February and March of 1949 as she had been invited to compete in a series of races against Fanny Blankers-Koen around Australia.
		Strickland was the favourite for the 80m Hurdles and her clash with defending champion Fanny Blankers-Koen had been considered a likely highlight of the Games.
	www.geocities.com /geetee/bios/shirl.html (2637 words)

	Sport \| Shirley Strickland
		Shirley Strickland, who has died at the age of 78 in Perth, was a pioneer in a variety of fields, but her most memorable moments were on the athletics track.
		Strickland often rallied against what she saw as the ridiculous sexist attitude of the authorities.
		After her competitive career was over, Strickland was always available to other athletes for advice, though her direct manner sometimes made it difficult to accept.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4866953-108678,00.html (651 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Breaking news \| Shirley Strickland
		Strickland, whose father David was a talented professional sprinter, made her Olympic debut in London in 1948, winning silver in the 400m relay and bronze in the 100m and the 80m hurdles, where she finished behind the Dutchwoman Fanny Blankers-Koen (obituary, January 26 2004).
		Strickland, too, should have had eight medals to her name.
		"Shirley was a fabulous ambassador for the sport, a fabulous ambassador for women's sport, women's track and field and the Olympics and all it stood for," he said.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,10488,1156194,00.html (677 words)

	Our Own Outstanding Oz Olympians
		She won bronze in the 100m and 80m hurdles, was placed fourth in the 200m and won a silver medal as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team.
		Shirley had become known as one of the finest athletes in the world.
		Shirley was the first female athlete in Olympic history to win the same event at successive Olympics.
	www.schools.ash.org.au /npssentry/ShirleyStrickland.htm (200 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty) was the daughter of a professional sprinter in Australia, and she obviously inherited his speed.
		During her career she set or equalled five individual world records, four in the hurdles, and one at 100m, and she was a member of five Australian relay teams which set or equalled world records.
		Strickland de la Hunty was a graduate of the University of Western Australia and later became a physics and mathematics teacher, but she also coached track and field.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=4976 (210 words)

	Western Australian Olympic Council
		Shirley Strickland came away with a Bronze in the 100m, Bronze in the 80m hurdles and a Silver in the 4x100m relay.
		Shirley also finished 4th in the 200m final and even though photograph evidence was discovered in 1975 that showed Strickland actually finished 3rd, it is testament of her nature as a true sportswoman, that Strickland requested that the Amateur Athletic Union of WA not follow up on this error.
		Strickland’s domination continued with a Bronze in the 100m, Gold in the 80m hurdles and 5th in the 4x100m relay.
	www.olympics.com.au /wa/index.cfm?p=182 (1591 words)

	Death of Australian Great, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty -- The Buffy Cross & Stake Main Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Strickland's Olympic career began in 1948 in London where she won bronze medals in both the 100 metres and the 80 metres hurdles and a silver in the 4x100 metres sprint relay.
		Strickland took time out from athletics to have a baby in 1955 but returned to her best form a year later.
		Strickland featured in the opening ceremony at the Sydney Games in 2000 as part of a parade of great female athletes who carried the torch inside the Olympic Stadium.
	www.voy.com /39840/31639.html (832 words)

	Australian DemocratsAustralian Democrat Speeches
		Shirley Strickland de la Hunty was mainly recognised nationally and internationally in just one of these fieldssportbut, in Western Australia, she was recognised for achievements in many more fields.
		Shirley's achievements were truly Olympian, but she was also a renaissance woman with not just an array of extraordinary talents but the application to realise them.
		Shirley Strickland de la Hunty was born in Western Australia and raised on a farm in the wheat belt.
	www.democrats.org.au /speeches?speech_id=1308&display=1 (1452 words)

	MCG - Article
		Strickland, whose name changed to De La Hunty when she got married, is an Australian Olympic track legend, and came from fine athletic stock, with her father Dave the winner of the Stawell Gift in 1900.
		Strickland won silver in the 4x100m relay team and bronze in the 80 and 100m hurdles in 1948, before adding the bronze in the 100m and a new world record in winning the 80m hurdles in 1952.
		Strickland completed her fine career on home soil in 1956, when she followed the disappointment of elimination from the heats of the 100m with gold in the 80m hurdles and 4x100m relay team.
	www.mcg.org.au /?pg=toursdisplay&articleid=653 (231 words)

	Latest Foundation News
		Volunteering came naturally to Shirley Strickland—at age 8 she organized a produce stall in Queenscliff to do her part in the war effort.
		Just as active in the community as she is in Quota, Shirley has spent many years coaching children's sports and organizing and volunteering at community events.
		Shirley is a highly valued member of Quota and the Geelong community.
	www.wesharefoundation.org /lnw7.11.01.htm (154 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Shirley Strickland de la Hunty; Australian Olympic medalist
		Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, who won an Australian-record seven Olympic medals in track, died at her home Tuesday, the Australian Olympic Committee said.
		Competing as Shirley Strickland, she was the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic titles.
		"Shirley was a fabulous ambassador for the sport, a fabulous ambassador for women's sport, women's track and field, and the Olympics and all it stood for," Athletics Australia chief executive Simon Allatson said.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/02/21/shirley_strickland_de_la_hunty_australian_olympic_medalist?mode=PF (300 words)

	Web Archive Copy: Sports Factor: Fast and Feisty - The Singular Shirley Strickland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Warwick Hadfield: Shirley Strickland, who died this week at the age of 78, was the fleet-footed runner from rural Western Australia, who went on to become Shirley Strickland-Delahunty, winner of seven Olympic Medals, including three Gold.
		She was 31, and as the newspapers noted at the time, a mother, when at the Melbourne Olympics she completed her medal tally with two gold, one in her pet event, the 80 metres hurdles, the other in the 4x100 metres relay.
		Shirley Strickland: I don’t do it lightly, it’s not pleasant, and I was certainly terrified by that attack because it was right in my face.
	www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/2004/sportsf/s1048413.asp (3955 words)

	Shirley Strickland, legend of the track, dies - Sport - www.theage.com.au
		Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, one of Australian sport's golden girls and the winner of consecutive Olympic gold medals at Helsinki in 1952 and Melbourne in 1956, has died, aged 78.
		Swimming great Dawn Fraser, who, with Strickland, and other women Olympic champions participated in the emotional torch ceremony at the opening of the Sydney Olympics, said it was a shock to hear of her death.
		Strickland did not take up athletics seriously until she was 22.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/02/17/1076779973433.html?from=storyrhs (534 words)

	Shirley Strickland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shirley Strickland will be remembered fondly by all Australians but has a special place in the hearts of Western Australians.
		Shirley Strickland was inducted into the Athletes Hall of Fame in 2000 and generations of athletes regarded her as an inspiration and a role model.
		Shirley de la Hunty was a valuable member of the Australian community and she will be greatly missed.
	www.dcita.gov.au /Article/0,,0_5-2_4009-4_117849,00.html (228 words)

	ABC Sport - Sport - Shirley Strickland de la Hunty dies, aged 78
		Australian sport is in mourning after the death of Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, one of the nation's track greats.
		Strickland is survived by four children and 13 grandchildren.
		Shirley Strickland was in the news in 2001 after selling off her Olympic medals
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s1047144.htm (691 words)

	Sport Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shirley Strickland de la Hunty was for 20 years (1956-76) the only female athlete to have won seven Olympic track and field medals.
		Strickland’s tally of medals - three gold, one silver and three bronze - was achieved over three Olympic Games, from 1948 to 1956.
		Strickland then set her sights on Helsinki in 1952 and won her first gold (in the 80 metres hurdles) losing another when her team dropped the baton on the last leg of the 4 x 100 metres relay.
	www.sahof.org.au /side_menu/searchDisplay.cfm?MemberID=59 (284 words)

	Shirley Strickland dies - National - www.theage.com.au
		Shirley de la Hunty receiving the Olympic Order at the MCG in 2002 during a 50-year reunion for Australia's 1952 Helsinki Olympics team.
		Running as Shirley Strickland, she won three Olympic gold medals, including back to back gold in the 80m Hurdles at the 1952 Helsinki Games and 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
		"Shirley was a true environmentalist long before it was a popular political stance," he said in a statement.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/02/17/1076779965348.html (604 words)

	Chapter Six - Golden Girls
		Strickland let it be known that she would be trying to win the 100m and the hurdles in the 1956 Olympics.
		World record holder Shirley Strickland was surprisingly eliminated when she ran only third in her heat.
		Strickland set the record for the most Olympic medals won by a woman in track and field with her tally from 1948-56 consisting of three gold, one silver and three bronze medals for an official total of seven
	www.geocities.com /geetee/history/chap_6.html (936 words)

	Athletics Australia - News & Media - News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is with a deep sense of sadness that Athletics Australia acknowledges the death of legendary athlete, Shirley Strickland.
		Shirley Strickland was one of the inaugural six athletes inducted into the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame in February 2000, such was the esteem in which she was held within the sport and the significance of her achievements at three Olympic Games.
		"Shirley contributed enormously to athletics, particularly in her home state of Western Australia where she was Patron, and has been a regular attendee at Athletics Australia events over the years, maintaining her life-long interest for the sport she loved.
	www.athletics.org.au /news/details.cfm?ObjectID=1881 (420 words)

	Shirley Strickland
		Shirley Strickland's early education was by correspondence, but she later attended Northam High School, where, beginning in 1939, she won forty-seven out of forty-nine events as a schoolgirl athlete.
		Strickland was placed fourth, but it was discovered nearly three decades later, in 1975, that the bronze medal should have gone to her, not to the American.
		Shirley then added further coal to the fires by revealing that she had been asked by the Western Australia officials to stand down from the 100 metres to ensure that the hurdles title went to Western Australia.
	www.leski.com.au /catalogues/a181/text.htm (15525 words)

	de la Hunty, Shirley Barbara - Australian Women Biographical entry
		Champion sprinter and hurdler, Shirley Strickland (as she was then known), became the first Australian female to win an Olympic medal in a track and field event at the London Olympic Games in 1948.
		Shirley de la Hunty was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) on 26 January 2001 for service to the community, particularly in the areas of conservation, the environment and local government, and to athletics as an athlete, coach and administrator.
		Shirley Strickland studied nuclear physics, earned a honours degree and became a science teacher.
	www.womenaustralia.info /biogs/IMP0186b.htm (659 words)

	Death of a golden girl - National - smh.com.au
		Golden girl of the track she may have been, but Shirley Strickland de la Hunty was facing major hurdles in her 70s...
		As she stepped from the heat of the February afternoon into the air-conditioned foyer of the Perth office tower, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty was a desperate woman.
		Shirley de la Hunty had inherited a 3000-square-metre property on the banks of the Swan River from her parents, who bought it in 1927, long before the suburb of Applecross became the expensive enclave it is today.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/death-of-a-golden-girl/2006/01/21/1137734180679.html (5230 words)

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