Bev Goddard-Callender
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Beverley Lanita "Bev"•Goddard-Callender |
| Used name | Bev•Goddard-Callender |
| Born | 28 August 1956 in ? (BAR) |
| Measurements | 170 cm / 59 kg |
| Affiliations | Reading Athletic Club, Reading (GBR) |
| NOC |  Great Britain |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
Biography
Although she was a finalist at the Olympic Games, European Championships and Commonwealth Games over 200 metres, the greatest achievements of Barbados-born Bev Goddard-Callender’s career came as a specialist bend runner on sprint relays for England and Great Britain.
She collected Commonwealth Games titles for England in 1978 and 1982, European Championship silver medals also in both 1978 and 1982 and a silver medal in the first World Championships in 1983 with all the medals coming in the 4x100 relay. In both of her bronze medal winning Olympic relays she was entrusted with the third leg and the British record the team set in Moscow was still the national record at the start of 2014. She now works as a teacher in her adopted home town of Reading.
Personal Bests: 100 – 11.22 (1979); 200 – 22.72 (1980).
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Summer Olympics | Athletics | GBR |
Bev Goddard | |||
| 200 metres, Women (Olympic) | 6 h2 r2/4 | |||||
| 4 × 400 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) | Great Britain | |||||
| 1980 Summer Olympics | Athletics | GBR |
Bev Goddard | |||
| 200 metres, Women (Olympic) | 6 | |||||
| 4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) | Great Britain | 3 | Bronze | |||
| 1984 Summer Olympics | Athletics | GBR |
Bev Callender | |||
| 4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) | Great Britain | 3 | Bronze |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Universiade (1–2–2 1979 Ciudad de México ATH silver: 4×100 m relay, bronze: 100 m and 200 m (competed as Bev Goddard; 1981 București ATH gold: 100 m, silver: 4×100 m relay (competed as Bev Goddard))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Athletics Championships (0–2–0 1978 Praha silver: 4×100 m relay; 1982 Athina silver: 4×100 m relay)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Championships (0–1–0 1983 Helsinki silver: 4×100 m relay (competed as Bev Callender))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games (2–0–0 1978 Edmonton ATH gold: 4×100 m relay (competed as Bev Goddard for England); 1982 Brisbane ATH gold: 4×100 m relay (competed for England))