Eileen Edwards

Eileen Edwards
Personal information
Born31 March 1903
London, England
Died14 February 1988(1988-02-14) (aged 84)
Wareham, Dorset, England
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprinting
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 200 m: 25.4 (1927, WR)
  • 250 m: 33.4 (1926, WR)
  • 440 y: 60.8 (1924 , WR)

Eileen Winifred Edwards (31 March 1903 – 14 February 1988) was an English athlete specialising in sprinting. She set 18 world records or world leading times across different distances.[1]

  1. ^ Watman, Mel. "Women athletes between the world wars (act. 1919–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/103699. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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