Person Open DS/UK/8618 Lerwill; Sheila (1928-); British athlete Lerwill Sheila 1928- British athlete Female

Sheila Lerwill (born 16 August 1928) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. Lerwill broke the World record for women's high jump on 7 July 1951 in London with a jump of 1.72 meters, beating the previous record of 1.71 meters set by Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands on May 30, 1943 in Amsterdam. The record was broken on May 22, 1954 by Aleksandra Chudina of the USSR in Kiev with a jump of 1.73 meters. She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the high jump where she won the silver medal with a jump of 1.65 metres. It was Britain's best athletics medal at the games. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 10/29/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 150dc7b1-f35e-4201-9551-59e0c4f095bf