Ivy Lowman

British athletics competitor

Ivy Irene Lowman (9 December 1898 - September 1991 (or 1995[1])) was a British track and field athlete, being active during the 1920s. She was specialized in the high jump, hurdles and sprinting events.[2]

Ivy Lowman
Personal information
Full nameIvy Irene Lowman
NationalityBritish
Born(1898-11-25)25 November 1898
Edmonton, United Kingdom
DiedSeptember 1991(1991-09-00) (aged 92)
Worthing, United Kingdom
Sport
SportTrack and field athletics
Event(s)high jump, hurdles, sprint
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Women's Olympiad
Gold medal – first place 1922 Monte Carlo Pentathlon
Gold medal – first place 1922 Monte Carlo 4 x 175 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1923 Monte Carlo 65 metres hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1923 Monte Carlo High jump
Silver medal – second place 1922 Monte Carlo 250 m
Bronze medal – third place 1922 Monte Carlo High jump
Bronze medal – third place 1924 London High jump
Women's World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1922 Paris High jump

Biography

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Sports career

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Representing the United Kingdom she participated at the 1922 Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo. She won a gold medal in the pentathlon and with the British team also in the 4 x 175 m relay (with Nora Callebout, Mary Lines and Hornovsky). She won also the silver medal in the 250 meter, the silver medal in the 4 x 75 metres (with Mary Lines, Daisy Wright and Nora Callebout) and the bronze medal in the high jump event.[3] At the 1922 Women's World Games in Paris she won the bronze medal in the high jump event.[4] At the 1922 Brussels international women's athletics competitions, the first Belgian international women's competitions, she finished in both the 80 meters event and 300 meters event second behind British Nora Callebout.[5]

Lowman won at the 1923 Women's Olympiad the gold medal in the 65 meters hurdles event and in the high jump event.[6] The same year she also won the the high jump at the 1923 France–Great Britain women's athletics competition.[7] She set in the high jump a worlds best score of 1.47 meter.[8] At the 1924 Women's Olympiad in London she won the bronze medal in the high jump event.[9]

In 1923, at the 1923 WAAA Championships, the first national track and field championships for women in the UK, she won the silver medal in the high jump behind Hilda Hatt. In 1924 she won the bronze medal[10]

Personal life

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Lowman was born in Edmonton, United Kingdom in 1898. She after studying she worked as a teacher at the Homerton College Cambridge. She taught maths, French language and music. She died in September 1991 in Worthing, United Kingdom.[11] However one source states she died in 1995.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ivy Lowman". athleticspodium.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. "Ivy Lowman". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. "1922 Women's Olympiad". athleticspodium.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. "FSFI Women's World Games". British Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. "Vrouwen-athletiek". De Avondpost (in Dutch). 29 August 1922 – via Delpher.
  6. "1923 Women's Olympiad". athleticspodium.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. "Le match France-Anglettere". L'Auto-vélo (in French). 24 September 1923. p. 4 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
  8. "Il "ventrale" bellezza di un gesto che fu arte prima di essere sport" (PDF). asaibrunobonomelli.it: 59. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. "1924 Women's Olympiad". athleticspodium.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - High Jump". nuts.org.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. "Ivy Irene Lowman (1898 - 1991)". wikitree.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.