Jacinta Sandiford
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1951 Buenos Aires | High jump |
Jacinta Sandiford Amador (9 April 1932 – 1 January 1987) was an Ecuadorian female track and field athlete who competed in the high jump.
Born in the Eloy Alfaro area of Durán, Ecuador,[1] she was the daughter of an Englishman who worked as an engineer for Ecuador's state railway.[2] She took up athletics and in her teens she won the gold medal at the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951,[3] recording a height of 1.46 m (4 ft 9+1⁄4 in) and beating out Chile's Lucy López and Brazilian Elizabeth Müller on countback. This made her Ecuador's first ever medallist at the competition.[2] She remained the only South American woman to have won that title until Solange Witteveen of Argentina did so in 1999.[4]
Upon the Ecuadorian delegation's return, Sandiford was the first athlete off the plane which led to images of her receiving national attention.[2] That same year she also won high jump gold at the Bolivarian Games with a mark of 1.47 m (4 ft 9+3⁄4 in), and is still the only Ecuadorian to have won that title.[5] Her career came to a close shortly afterwards, however, as a result of a leg injury and acute apendicitus.[2]
References
- ^ Mujeres que han hecho historia. El Universo (2004-03-08). Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
- ^ a b c d Jacinta Sandiford Amador. El Universo (2011-11-24). Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
- ^ Jacinta Sandiford, la primera medallista tricolor. El Universo (2007-07-30). Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
- ^ Pan American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
- ^ Bolivarian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
External links
- El Universo article with image of Sandiford (in Spanish)
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- 1951: Jacinta Sandiford (ECU)
- 1955: Mildred McDaniel (USA)
- 1959: Ann Marie Flynn (USA)
- 1963: Eleanor Montgomery (USA)
- 1967: Eleanor Montgomery (USA)
- 1971: Debbie Brill (CAN)
- 1975: Joni Huntley (USA)
- 1979: Louise Ritter (USA)
- 1983: Coleen Sommer (USA)
- 1987: Coleen Sommer (USA)
- 1991: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
- 1995: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
- 1999: Solange Witteveen (ARG)
- 2003: Juana Arrendel (DOM)
- 2007: Romary Rifka (MEX)
- 2011: Lesyani Mayor (CUB)
- 2015: Levern Spencer (LCA)
- 2019: Levern Spencer (LCA)
- 2023: Rachel McCoy (USA)