Barbara Webster

{{Short description|Indian athlete}}

{{for|the American botanist|Barbara D. Webster}}

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{{MedalBronze|1951 New Delhi|Shot put}}

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Barbara Webster is an Indian athlete. She won bronze medals in shot put and javelin throw in the 1951 Asian Games.{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-down-memory-lanes-she-just-can-t-wait-for-the-games-to-begin-1066704 | title=Down memory lanes: She just can't wait for the Games to begin | publisher=Dna India | date=28 November 2006 | accessdate=4 May 2018}}{{cite book|title=The March of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DrJGAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=4 May 2018|year=1950|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting|page=45}}{{cite journal | title=A most remarkable community: Anglo-Indian contributions to sport in India | author=Megan S. Mills | journal=Contemporary South Asia | year=2001 | volume=10 | issue=2 | pages=223–236| doi=10.1080/09584930120083828 | doi-access=free }} Webster, like several of the Indian women's team, was an Anglo-Indian from Bombay.{{cite book|author=S. Lal|title=50 Magnificent Indians Of The 20Th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkI1_n4QAxMC&pg=PT299|accessdate=4 May 2018|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7992-698-7|pages=299–}}{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Glk6AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=4 May 2018|date=July 1970|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|page=23}}{{Cite web |title=Asian Games: Roshan Mistry first Indian woman to sprint to a medal at continental showpiece |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/first-indian-woman-win-medal-asian-games |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=Olympics.com }}

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