Ivy Barber

Ivy Barber (born 24 March 1909) was a British athletics competitor during the 1920s specialized in the 800 metres and 880 yards. She was national champion and represented the United Kingdom at international competitions.

Career
Barber had her best season in 1928. That year she became champion at the WAAA Championships in the 880 yards, winning the event in a time of 2:27.6, four yards ahead of Lilian Styles.

She was selected to represent the United Kingdom internationally. She competed at the 1928 Great Britain–Germany–France women's athletics match where she won the 800 metres in a time of 2:28.6, ahead of Lilian Styles and French Marcelle Neveu. At the 1928 Berlin international athletics meeting in Germany she finished the 800 metres in het personal best time of 2:25.0 behind Japanese Kinue Hitomi and German Elfriede Wever.

References

Category:1909 births
Category:Year of death missing
Category:British athletes
Category:Middle-distance runners