- Dorothy Tyler-Odam
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Medal record 
Ibolya Csák, Elfriede Kaun and Dorothy Odam
at the 1936 Olympics.Women’s athletics Competitor for 
Great BritainOlympic Games Silver 1936 Berlin High jump Silver 1948 London High jump Competitor for 
EnglandBritish Empire Games Gold 1938 Sydney High jump Gold 1950 Auckland High jump Silver 1954 Vancouver High jump Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler nee Odam MBE (born 14 March 1920) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She was born in Stockwell, London.[1]
She competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the highjump where she won the silver medal behind Ibolya Csák. She repeated this feat in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London making her the only woman to win Olympic athletics medals before and after the war.[2]
Odam was also twice a gold medallist at the British Empire Games, winning at Sydney in 1938 and Auckland in 1950.
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References
Commonwealth Champions in Women's High Jump 1934: Marjorie Clark (SAF) · 1938–50: Dorothy Tyler-Odam (ENG) · 1954: Thelma Hopkins (NIR) · 1958: Michele Brown (AUS) · 1962: Robyn Woodhouse (AUS) · 1966: Michele Brown (AUS) · 1970: Debbie Brill (CAN) · 1974: Barbara Lawton (ENG) · 1978: Katrina Gibbs (AUS) · 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN) · 1986: Christine Stanton (AUS) · 1990: Tania Murray (NZL) · 1994: Alison Inverarity (AUS) · 1998–2002: Hestrie Cloete (RSA) · 2006: Anika Smit (RSA) · 2010: Nicole Forrester (CAN)
Categories:- 1920 births
- Living people
- High jumpers
- English athletes
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- British athletics Olympic medalist stubs
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