Beverley Goddard
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| Women's Athletics | ||
Representing  Great Britain
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1980 Moscow | 4 x 100 m |
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1984 Los Angeles | 4 x 100 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1983 Helsinki | 4 x 100 m |
| European Championships | ||
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1978 Prague | 4 x 100 m |
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1982 Athens | 4 x 100 m |
| Universiade | ||
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1981 Bucharest | 100 m |
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1979 Mexico City | 4 x 100 m |
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1981 Bucharest | 4 x 100 m |
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1979 Mexico City | 100 m |
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1979 Mexico City | 200 m |
Representing  England
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1978 Edmonton | 4 x 100 m |
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1982 Brisbane | 4 x 100 m |
Beverley Lanita Callender (née Goddard, born 28 August 1956) is an English former track and field sprinter. She competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, winning bronze medals in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1980 and 1984. She is also the 1981 World Student Games 100 metres champion.
Goddard was born in Barbados and raised in England. She was a member of the Reading Athletic Club. In 1976, she competed at the Montreal Olympics, reaching the quarter finals of the 200 metres.
In 1978, she finished fourth in the 200 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, before winning gold in the 4 × 100 m relay along with Kathy Smallwood, Sharon Colyear and Sonia Lannaman. At the European Championshsips in Prague, the same quartet won a silver medal behind the Soviet Union and ahead of East Germany. In 1979, she won three medals at the World Student Games (Universiade), with bronze in the 100 and 200 metres and silver in the sprint relay. In the 100 metres, she ran her lifetime best of 11.22 seconds in the semifinal.
At the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, she was one of three British woman who reached the 200 m final, finishing sixth in a lifetime best of 22.72 seconds. Kathy Smallwood was fifth and Sonia Lannaman eighth. The three then teamed up with 100 metres finalist Heather Hunte, to win the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. The quartet ran a UK record of 42.43 secs, which stood until 2014. Her biggest individual success came in 1981, when she won the World Student Games title at 100 metres, defeating the Soviet sprinters Olga Zolotaryeva and Olga Nasonova. She also won a silver medal in the relay.
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