Canadian sprinter (1910–1998)
Jane Bell (1928) Florence Jane Bell (June 2, 1910 – July 1, 1998) was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
From Toronto , Ontario, Bell competed for Canada in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates Fanny Rosenfeld , Ethel Smith , and Myrtle Cook .
Outside of track, Bell was also a competitive swimmer, curler and golfer, and worked as a physical education teacher at the Margaret Eaton School of Physical Culture in Toronto.[1]
Bell died in Fort Myers, Florida , aged 88.
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1928 : Bobbie Rosenfeld , Ethel Smith , Jane Bell , Myrtle Cook (CAN ) 1932 : Mary Carew , Evelyn Furtsch , Annette Rogers , Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA ) 1936 : Harriet Bland , Annette Rogers , Betty Robinson , Helen Stephens (USA ) 1948 : Xenia Stad-de Jong , Netti Witziers-Timmer , Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs , Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED ) 1952 : Mae Faggs , Barbara Jones , Janet Moreau , Catherine Hardy (USA ) 1956 : Shirley Barbara de la Hunty , Norma Croker , Fleur Mellor , Betty Cuthbert (AUS ) 1960 : Martha Hudson , Lucinda Williams , Barbara Jones , Wilma Rudolph (USA ) 1964 : Teresa Ciepły , Irena Kirszenstein , Halina Górecka , Ewa Kłobukowska (POL ) 1968 : Barbara Ferrell , Margaret Bailes , Mildrette Netter , Wyomia Tyus (USA ) 1972 : Christiane Krause , Ingrid Mickler , Annegret Richter , Heide Rosendahl (FRG ) 1976 : Marlies Göhr , Renate Stecher , Carla Bodendorf , Bärbel Wöckel (GDR ) 1980 : Romy Müller , Bärbel Wöckel , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr (GDR ) 1984 : Alice Brown , Jeanette Bolden , Chandra Cheeseborough , Evelyn Ashford (USA ) 1988 : Alice Brown , Sheila Echols , Florence Griffith Joyner , Evelyn Ashford , Dannette Young (USA ) 1992 : Evelyn Ashford , Esther Jones , Carlette Guidry , Gwen Torrence , Michelle Finn (USA ) 1996 : Gail Devers , Inger Miller , Chryste Gaines , Gwen Torrence , Carlette Guidry (USA ) 2000 : Savatheda Fynes , Chandra Sturrup , Pauline Davis-Thompson , Debbie Ferguson , Eldece Lewis (BAH ) 2004 : Tayna Lawrence , Sherone Simpson , Aleen Bailey , Veronica Campbell , Beverly McDonald (JAM ) 2008 : Olivia Borlée , Hanna Mariën , Élodie Ouédraogo , Kim Gevaert (BEL ) 2012 : Tianna Madison , Allyson Felix , Bianca Knight , Carmelita Jeter , Jeneba Tarmoh , Lauryn Williams (USA ) 2016 : Tianna Bartoletta , Allyson Felix , Tori Bowie , English Gardner , Morolake Akinosun (USA ) 2020 : Briana Williams , Elaine Thompson-Herah , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Shericka Jackson , Natasha Morrison , Remona Burchell (JAM )