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Ethel Catherwood of Canada, world champion high jumper, 1928. Creator: Unknown.
Ethel Catherwood of Canada, world champion high jumper, 1928. Ethel Catherwood (1908-1987) won a gold medal in the women's High Jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam, the world's first ever gold medal awarded to a female high jumper. She still holds the title as the only Canadian female athlete to have won an individual gold medal in an Olympic track and field event. From "Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928. [Georg A Jasmatzi, A.-G., Dresden, Germany]
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