Denise Ramsden (athlete)

Denise Ramsden

Personal information

Full name

Denise Irene Ramsden (Castle)

Born

11 February 1952
Wakefield

Died

19 April 2003 (aged 51)

Height

1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)

Weight

8 st 5 lb (53.1 kg; 117.0 lb)

Sport

Club

Achievements and titles

Regional finals

Medal record

European Championships

	1969 Athens	4 × 100 metres relay

Updated on 7 September 2014.

Denise Irene Ramsden (née Castle) (11 February 1952 in Wakefield – 19 April 2003) was an English Olympian sprint athlete of the 1960s and '70s, running at club level for the Dorothy Hyman Track Club, as a child she attended Stanley St. Peter's School in Stanley, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Denise Ramsden's personal best time for the 100 metres was 11.67 seconds set at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh on 6 August 1976, and her personal best time for the 200 metres was 23.48 seconds set at Crystal Palace, London on 21 August 1976,

Her best time for the 4 × 100 metres relay was in the team running 43.44 seconds for Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 30 July 1976, the team that set the British record and finished eighth in the final was; Wendy Hoyte (née Clarke), Denise Ramsden, Sharon Colyear (née Danville), Andrea Lynch (née Saunders).