Jean Pickering, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Pickering

British track and field athlete

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1929

Place of Birth: London Borough of Newham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Mar-2013

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jean Catherine Pickering (née Desforges; 4 July 1929 – 25 March 2013) was a female track and field athlete from Great Britain, who competed mainly in the 80 metres hurdles and long jump. She won bronze medals at the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games and is the only British woman to have won gold medals at the European Athletics Championships in both a track and a field event (4×100 m relay in 1950, long jump in 1954).
During her career she set British records in the women's pentathlon and the long jump. She and her husband, Ron Pickering, had a lasting impact on British athletics, particularly through the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund, which provides support to young track and field athletes.
Her son, Shaun Pickering, followed in his mother's footsteps and went on to become an Olympian and a Commonwealth Games medallist, competing in the shot put.