Betty Lock

Betty Lock
Personal information
Born7 May 1921[1]
Surrey, England
DiedJuly 1986 (aged 65)
London, England
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprints
ClubHercules AC
Mitcham AC
Medal record
Representing  England
WAAA Championships
Gold medal – first place 1936 White City 60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1937 White City 60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1938 White City 60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1938 White City 100 metres
Gold medal – first place 1939 White City 60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1939 White City 100 metres

Dorothy Betty Lock (married name Brickwood) (7 May 1921 – July 1986) was a British athlete who specialised in the sprint disciplines and was a six-times British champion.[2]

Career

Lock won four consecutive 60 metres titles at the WAAA Championships.[3][4]

Lock representing the Hercules Athletic Club, won her first title at the 1936 WAAA Championships and recorded a national record of 7.6 seconds over the 60 metres.[5] She successfully retained her title at the 1937 WAAA Championships,[6] before moving to the Mitcham Athletic Club.

Lock secured a double success at the 1938 WAAA Championships, winning both the 60 metres and equalling her own British record and becoming British 100 metres champion, setting a Championship record of 12.2 seconds.[7] The following year in 1939, Lock retained both titles at the 1939 WAAA Championships and once again equalled her own 60 metres national record.[8]

She married in 1944 and became Dorothy Brickwood. After World War II, she continued to race for Mitcham AC until 1950.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Dorothy Betty Lock". Surrey Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Betty Lock". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  4. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Five Records Broken". Western Mail. 20 July 1936. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Miss Gladys Lunn's Triple Success". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 8 August 1937. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Records by Women". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1938. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Women's A.A.A. Titles". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 23 July 1939. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Great performance by Mitcham girls". Sutton & Epsom Advertiser. 15 July 1948. Retrieved 30 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.