Alice Whitty

Alice Ann Simicak (née Whitty; March 24, 1934 January 7, 2017) was a female high jumper from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. A resident of Richmond, British Columbia, she claimed the silver medal in the women's high jump event at the 1959 Pan American Games, alongside Chile's Renata Friedrichs.

Alice Whitty

Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's Athletics
Pan American Games
Chicago 1959 High Jump
Commonwealth Games
Vancouver 1954 High Jump

Whitty died on January 7, 2017 in Richmond at the age of 82.[1]

References

  1. "Alice Ann SIMICAK Obituary". legacy.com. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.



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