Wendy Jeal
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Representing  England
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1986 Edinburgh | 100 m hurdles |
Wendy Jeal (née McDonnell, born 21 November 1960) is an English former track and field athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games. In 1986, representing England, she won a Commonwealth Games silver medal.
Jeal was born in Epping, Essex, England and was a member of the Harlow Athletics Club and then the Haringey Athletics Club. As Wendy McDonnell, she won the AAAs National under 15 75 metres hurdles title in 1975 and the AAAs National under 17 80 metres hurdles title in 1977.
As a seventeen-year-old, she won her first senior national championships medal in 1978, with third at the AAAs indoor 60 m hurdles. In 1982, she was second at the UK National Championships in the 100 metres hurdles. In 1985, now competing as Wendy Jeal and after several years on the edge of major championships selection, she competed in the 60 m hurdles at the IAAF World Indoor Games in Paris. She ran 8.34 secs to reach the semi-finals.
Jeal had the best year of her career in 1986. She finished third at both the UK National Championships and AAAs National Championships, behind Sally Gunnell and Lesley-Ann Skeete, and ahead of 1984 Olympic silver medallist Shirley Strong. She earned selection for both the Commonwealth Games and the European Championships. The Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh proved to be the highlight of her career, as she won the silver medal in 13.41, behind Sally Gunnell and ahead of Glynis Nunn and Julie Rocheleau (later Baumann). At the European Championships in Stuttgart, she ran her lifetime best of 13.16 in the heats, to reach the semi-finals.
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