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Verona Bernard Elder MBE (born 5 April 1953 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire) is a British, Commonwealth and European medal winning English 400 metres runner[1] and is now the manager of the British athletics team for people with learning disability.
She made her debut on the international stage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich taking fifth place in the 4 × 400 m relay. The following year she won the 400m title at the European Indoor Championships in Rotterdam, ahead of the East Germans Waltraud Dietsch and Renate Siebach. At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games she finished second in the 400 m and won the 4 × 400 m relay. She retained her European indoor title at the European Indoor Championships in 1975 in Katowice. She was a Finalist in the 400 m and 800 m at the European Championships in 1978 and won Silver in the 400 m of the Commonwealth Games at Edmonton. At the start of 1979 season she won gold at the indoor European Indoor Championships in Vienna, Austria, ahead of Jarmila Kratochvílová.
She was a member of the Wolverhampton & Bilston club, Staffordshire. She went on to teach sport to people with learning disability at Thurrock College, Essex. She led Great Britain to six gold, six silver and three bronze medals at the 7th International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS) World Indoor Championships for athletes with learning disabilities as the team manager. With GB finishing second in the medal table behind Portugal at Manchester Sport City. She was Chef de Mission to the 2011 INAS Global Games in Italy on 24 September – 4 October 2011.[2][3]
References
- ^ Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 22 June 2013
- ^ Athlete profile. Retrieved 22 June 2013
- ^ UK Sports association Verona Elder. Retrieved 22 June 2013
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Female sprinters
- English sprinters
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- English athletes
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- People from Wolverhampton
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics