WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Sprint Hurdles

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		First		Second		Third
		WAAA Championships
		120 Yards Hurdles
1922		Daisy Wright	20.4	Hilda Hatt	inches	E. Johnson	5 yards
		(Hatt ran 19.6 NR in heat 1)
1923		Mary Lines	18.8 WB	Sophie Eliott-Lynn	20 yards	(Hilda Hatt dsq)
1924		Mary Lines	18.4w	Daisy Wright	5 yards	Peggy Batt	1 yard
1925		Hilda Hatt	19.0	Peggy Batt	2 feet	E.L. Hutchings	1 foot
1926		Hilda Hatt	18.2	Edith White	inches	Peggy Batt	2 yards
		75 Metres Hurdles
1927		Hilda Hatt	12.6w	Peggy Batt	3 yards	Elsie Green
		100 Yards Hurdles
1927		Muriel Gunn	14.6w	Hilda Hatt	inches	Peggy Batt	fair third
1928		Marjorie Clark RSA	13.8 WB	Hilda Hatt	14.0e NR	Muriel Gunn	1 yard
		80 Metres Hurdles
1929		Hilda Hatt	12.4 NR	Muriel Cornell (Gunn)	inches	Kathleen Tiffen	1 foot
1930		Muriel Cornell	12.4	Elsie Green	1 foot	Kathleen Tiffen	1 yard
1931		Elsie Green	12.0 NR	Kathleen Tiffen	1 yard	Muriel Cornell	12.3e
1932		Elsie Green	12.2	Marjorie O'Kell	5 yards	Phyllis Goad
1933		Elsie Green	12.0	Bets ter Horst NED	3 yards	Marjorie O'Kell	1 foot
		(Green also ran 12.0 =NR in heat 1)
1934		Elsie Green	12.0	Violet Webb	12.0	Kathleen Tiffen
1935		Elsie Green	12.3	Kathleen Tiffen	2½ yards	Evelyn Matthews	½ yard
1936		Barbara Burke RSA	11.9	Violet Webb	11.9e	Bernice Steyl RSA	12.8e
1937		Barbara Burke RSA	12.1	Kathleen Tiffen	1 yard	Kate Robertson	inches
1938		Kate Robertson	12.2	Evelyn Matthews	1 yard	Linda Whitman	1½ yards
1939		Kate Robertson	12.4	Dorothy Odam	4 feet	Ethel Raby	1 yard
		1940-1944 Championships not held
1945		Zoe Hancock	13.6	E. Lewis		J.R. Jones
1946		Bertha Crowther	12.8	Zoe Hancock		D.M.C. Young
1947		Maureen Gardner	11.5 NR	Jean Desforges	12.2	Bertha Crowther	12.6
1948		Maureen Gardner	12.0	Joan Upton	12.4	Bertha Crowther	12.5
1949		Jean Desforges	11.9	Joan Upton	12.0	Bertha Crowther	12.8
1950		Maureen Dyson (Gardner)	11.6	Jean Desforges	11.6	Sheila Pratt	11.9
1951		Maureen Dyson	11.7	Jean Desforges	11.8e	Sheila Pratt
1952		Jean Desforges	11.4	Pamela Seaborne	11.5	Dorothy Harper	11.7
1953		Jean Desforges	11.5	Iris Pond	11.6	Sheila Sewell (Pratt)	11.6
1954		Jean Desforges	11.4	Pamela Seaborne	11.5	Thelma Hopkins	11.7
1955		Margaret Francis	11.3	Pauline Wainwright	11.4	Pamela Seaborne	11.4
1956	7.4?	Pamela Elliott (Seaborne)	11.1w	Iris Pond	11.2w	Pauline Wainwright	11.2w
1957		Thelma Hopkins	11.4	Carole Quinton	11.5	Carolyn Ivins	11.6
1958		Carole Quinton	10.9w	Pat Nutting	11.6w	Kathleen Degg	11.6w
1959		Mary Bignal	11.3	Carole Quinton	11.3	Pat Nutting	11.3
1960	3.2	Carole Quinton	10.8w	Betty Moore AUS	11.0w	Pat Nutting	11.2w
1961	2.8	Betty Moore AUS	10.8w	Ann Charlesworth	10.9w	Pat Nutting	11.1w
1962	1.7	Betty Moore AUS	10.7	Erika Fisch FRG	10.7	Denise Guénard FRA	11.0
		(Best UK: 5. Dorothy Window)
1963		Pat Nutting	11.2	Ikuko Yoda JPN	11.2	Letizia Bertoni ITA	11.5
1964	-0.2	Pat Pryce (Nutting)	10.7 NR	Ikuko Yoda JPN	10.8	Thelma Hopkins	11.2
1965	0.0	Pat Jones	11.28	Teresa Ciepla POL	11.30	Elzbieta Bednarek POL	11.33
1966	2.9	Danuta Straszynska POL	10.9w	Pat Pryce	11.0w	Maxine Botley	11.0w
1967	0.0	Pat Jones	11.0	Eugene Bräsler RSA	11.0	Regina Höfer GDR	11.1
1968	0.0	Pat Pryce	10.9	Teresa Sukniewicz POL	10.9	Carla Panerai ITA	11.0
		100 Metres Hurdles (2'6")
1963		Pat Nutting	14.1	Susan Mills	14.8	Maxine Botley	15.0
1964		Pat Pryce (Nutting)	13.4	Maxine Botley	14.3	Susan Mills	14.3
1965	8.5	Pat Jones	13.8w	Susan Mills	13.8w	Pamela Baileff	14.1w
1966		Mary Rand (Bignal)	13.7	Pat Pryce	14.1	Susan Mills	14.5
		100 Metres Hurdles (2'9")
		WAAA Championships
1967	-0.2	Pat Jones	13.8	Eileen Dawson	14.3	Sheila Garnett	14.3
1968	1.5	Christine Perera	13.5 NR	Susan Hayward (Mills)	14.2	Liz Toulalan	14.3
		(Perera ran 13.7 NR in heat 1)
1969	-1.5	Chi Cheng TPE	13.52	Teresa Nowak POL	13.8	Teresa Sukniewicz POL	14.0
		(Best UK: 4. Christine Perera 14.3)
1970	-1.3	Mary Peters	14.0	Christine Bell (Perera)	14.2	Sue Scott	14.2
1971	2.6	Valeria Bufanu ROM	13.52w	Sheila Garnett	13.91w	Penny May CAN	14.02w
1972	0.0	Pam Ryan AUS	13.48	Judy Vernon	13.86	Pat Pryce	14.00
1973	-3.3	Judy Vernon	14.03	Mary Peters	14.40	Lorna Drysdale	14.50
1974	0.4	Lorna Drysdale	13.45	Judy Vernon	13.46	Blondelle Thompson	13.50
1975	-3.7	Liz Damman CAN	13.93	Lorna Boothe	14.00	Esther Rot ISR	14.09
1976	3.2	Sharon Colyear	13.47w	Judy Vernon	13.70w	Sue Longden	13.93w
1977	0.8	Lorna Boothe	13.48	Shirley Strong	13.76	Tessa Sanderson	13.93
1978	-1.3	Sharon Colyear	13.51	Shirley Strong	13.68	Yvette Wray	14.03
1979	-3.1	Shirley Strong	13.67	Esther Rot ISR	13.71	Lorna Boothe	14.01
1980	-2.1	Shirley Strong	13.57	Yvette Wray	13.70	Judy Livermore	13.86
1981	0.0	Shirley Strong	13.36	Tessa Sanderson	13.46	Diane Greenidge	13.84
1982	0.0	Shirley Strong	13.27	Judy Livermore	13.36	Lorna Boothe	13.37
1983	0.5	Shirley Strong	12.95 NR	Lorna Boothe	13.17	Pat Rollo	13.35
1984	1.9	Shirley Strong	12.96	Sally Gunnell	13.30	Lorna Boothe	13.31
1985	1.7	Glynis Nunn AUS	13.27	Kim Hagger	13.35	Wendy Jeal	13.38
1986	2.7	Sally Gunnell	13.13w	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.24w	Wendy Jeal	13.27w
1987	0.4	Sally Gunnell	13.01	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.18	Wendy Jeal	13.42
1988	-1.7	Sally Gunnell	13.02	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.19	Wendy Jeal	13.43
1989	-0.2	Sally Gunnell	13.26	Kay Morley	13.35	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.38
1990	1.1	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.03	Kay Morley	13.05	Jacqui Agyepong	13.17
1991	0.3	Sally Gunnell	13.02	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.05	Kay Morley-Brown	13.17
		AAA Championships
1992	1.2	Sally Gunnell	13.13	Kay Morley-Brown	13.28	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.38
1993	1.8	Sally Gunnell	13.08	Jacqui Agyepong	13.15	Monica Grefstad NOR	13.33
1994	0.5	Clova Court	13.06	Sally Gunnell	13.09	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.43
1995	1.6	Melanie Wilkins	13.34	Michelle Campbell	13.36	Keri Maddox	13.40
1996	-2.3	Angela Thorp	13.26	Diane Allahgreen	13.27	Denise Lewis	13.41
1997	-1.8 BAF	Angela Thorp	13.34	Jacqui Agyepong	13.38	Clova Court	13.46
1997	1.2 AAA	Angela Thorp	13.56	Rachel King	13.65	Melanie Wilkins	13.77
1998	-0.9	Keri Maddox	13.20	Clova Court	13.34	Liz Fairs	13.52
1999	2.3	Keri Maddox	12.97w	Diane Allahgreen	13.05w	Angela Thorp	13.33w
2000	-2.1	Diane Allahgreen	13.24	Melanie Wilkins	13.35	Julie Pratt	13.57
2001	0.8	Diane Allahgreen	13.11	Melanie Wilkins	13.24	Keri Maddox	13.35
2002	1.6	Diane Allahgreen	13.00	Julie Pratt	13.27	Rachel King	13.34
2003	1.4	Rachel King	13.07	Sarah Claxton	13.12	Julie Pratt	13.48
2004	-0.9	Sarah Claxton	13.21	Diane Allahgreen	13.38	Rachel King	13.39
2005	1.0	Sarah Claxton	12.96	Diane Allahgreen	13.21	Jessica Ennis	13.26
2006	2.5	Sarah Claxton	13.19w	Sara McGreavy	13.26w	Gemma Bennett	13.33w
		National Championships
2007	-2.7	Jessica Ennis	13.25	Sarah Claxton	13.31	Gemma Bennett	13.44
2008	0.8	Sarah Claxton	13.12	Sara McGreavy	13.35	Natasha Danvers	13.36
2009	1.7	Jessica Ennis	12.87	Sarah Claxton	13.16	Zara Hohn	13.41
2010	-2.1	Louise Hazel	13.32	Angelita Broadbelt-Blake	13.38	Gemma Bennett	13.42
2011	0.8	Tiffany Porter	12.76	Jessica Ennis	12.96	Gemma Bennett	13.19
2012	0.3	Jessica Ennis	12.92	Tiffany Porter	13.21	Sarah Claxton	13.27
2013	0.6	Tiffany Porter	12.68	Serita Solomon	13.18	Louise Wood	13.60
2014	0.5	Tiffany Porter	12.85	Lucy Hatton	13.20	Serita Solomon	13.22
2015	-1.5	Tiffany Porter	12.83	Cindy Ofili	12.96	Jessica Ennis-Hill	13.10
2016	2.0	Tiffany Porter	12.91	Cindy Ofili	12.93	Lucy Hatton	13.21
2017	-1.4	Alicia Barrett	13.26	Yasmin Miller	13.29	Jessica Hunter	13.45
2018	-0.5	Alicia Barrett	13.28	Megan Marrs	13.37	Jessica Hunter	13.37
2019	-1.6	Cindy Ofili	13.09	Alicia Barrett	13.40	Yasmin Miller	13.40
2020	1.5	Cindy Ofili	13.16	Lucy-Jane Matthews	13.20	Heather Paton	13.60
2021	-1.0	Tiffany Porter	12.78	Alicia Barrett	13.18	Cindy Sember (Ofili)	13.20
2022	5.4	Cindy Sember	12.56w	Jessica Hunter	12.79w	Alicia Barrett	12.98w
2023	1.6	Cindy Sember	12.98	Isabel Wakefield	13.06	Marli Jessop	13.30
2024	-1.8	Cindy Sember	12.85	Alicia Barrett	13.40	Jessica Hunter	13.41

Top Medallists
Note that in some years both the 80m Hurdles and the 100m Hurdles were held.
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Medals	Years	Year Span
Pat Nutting/Pryce	4	3	4	11	1958-1972	14
Sally Gunnell	7	2		9	1984-1994	10
Shirley Strong	6	2		8	1977-1984	7
Cindy Ofili/Sember	5	2	1	8	2015-2024	9
Sarah Claxton	4	3	1	8	2003-2012	9
Lesley-Ann Skeete	1	4	3	8	1986-1994	8
Tiffany Porter	6	1		7	2011-2021	10
Elsie Green	5	1	1	7	1927-1935	8
Hilda Hatt	4	3		7	1922-1929	7
Jean Desforges	4	3		7	1947-1954	7
Diane Allahgreen	3	4		7	1996-2005	9
Jessica Ennis-Hill	3	1	2	6	2005-2015	10
Alicia Barrett	2	3	1	6	2017-2024	7
Lorna Boothe	1	2	3	6	1975-1984	9
Kathleen Tiffen		3	3	6	1929-1937	8
Muriel Gunn/Cornell	2	1	2	5	1927-1931	4
Susan Mills/Hayward		3	2	5	1963-1968	5
Peggy Batt		2	3	5	1924-1927	3
Other top winners and long spans
Maureen Gardner/Dyson	4			4	1947-1951	4
Pat Jones	4			4	1965-1967	2
Thelma Hopkins	1		2	3	1954-1964	10

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