Carole Quinton
Carole Louise Quinton (born 11 July 1936) is an English former track and field athlete, who won silver medals at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958 European Athletics Championships and 1960 Summer Olympics. Athletics career Quinton competed in the sprint and 80 metres hurdles events. She competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Despite not being in the initial British squad, she was selected to replace Pam Elliot, who withdrew as she was pregnant. She represented England and won a silver medal in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. In the final, Quinton and winner Norma Thrower finished in a wind assisted 10.7 seconds in the final, faster than the previous Games record, though due to the wind assistance, it was not classified as a Games record time. At the time of her British Commonwealth and Empire Games medal, Quinton was the reigning British national champion in the 80 metres event. In the same year, she was in the British team that came second in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships. In 1959, she competed in a Great Britain vs