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Bridget Robinson (javelin thrower)

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Bridget Robinson
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Bornc.1941 [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
Javlin throw / Sprints
ClubBelfast High School
Ballymena AC

Bridget A. Robinson married name Dickson (born c.1941) is a former athlete from Northern Ireland, who represented Northern Ireland at the British Empire and Commmonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Robinson attended Belfast High School and was a member of their Athletics Club and while at the school broke Thelma Hopkins' Northern Ireland javelin record. [2]

Robinson was named by the Northern Ireland AAA in the final 1958 Northern Irish Team for the forthcoming Empire and Commonwealth Games. [3] She subsequently competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, [4] participating in the two athletics events; [5] the javelin throw [6] and the 4 x 110 yards relay race, reaching the final with Mary Peters, Maeve Kyle and Thelma Hopkins. [7]

After leaving Belfast High School, the art student joined the Ballymena Athletics Club, where she became club captain. [8]

References

  1. "Bridget Robinson (17)" . Belfast News-Letter. 9 July 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "New Records at Eaton Park" . Ballymena Weekly Telegraph. 15 May 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Two athletes added to the Empire Games Team" . Belfast Telegraph. 27 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 16 November 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Ulster team for Empire Games" . Belfast News-Letter. 19 June 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Northern Ireland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  6. "Athletics Javelin Throw - Women Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  7. "Athletics 4 x 110 Yard Relay - Women Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  8. "Athletics Notes" . Belfast News-Letter. 6 May 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
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