caption event club birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date image article_title
dorothy hyman at the 1960 olympics 100 m , 200 m hickleton main yc cudworth , yorkshire , england 59 kg lb on 1.70 m ftin on 100 -- 23.2 -lrb- 1963 -rrb- . m -- 11.54 -lrb- 1964 -rrb- 200 m athletics 9 may 1941 dorothy hyman 1960b.jpg dorothy hyman

dorothy hyman

dorothy hyman -lrb- born 9 may 1941 -rrb- is a retired english sprinter .
she competed at the 1960 and 1964 olympics in the 100 m , 200 m and 4 × 100 m events and won one medal in each of them , three in total .
she also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 european championships in belgrade and , representing england , completed the 100 yd/220 yd sprint double at the 1962 commonwealth games .
winner of the 1963 bbc sports personality of the year award , she has a stadium in her home village in cudworth , barnsley , named in her honour .
in 2011 , she was inducted into the england athletics hall of fame .
