Bernice Robinson (athlete)
{{Short description|American hurdler (1927–2019)}}
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| name = Bernice Robinson
| full_name = Claudealia Bernice Robinson
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| sport = Track and field
| event = 80 metres hurdles
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|2|28}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Claudealia Bernice Robinson (February 28, 1927 – October 14, 2019) was an American hurdler.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77952 |title=Bernice Robinson |work=Olympedia |access-date=January 13, 2021}} She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/bernice-robinson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073117/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/bernice-robinson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Bernice Robinson Olympic Results |access-date=September 16, 2017}}
After the Olympics she moved to Cleveland. She continued to compete in Masters athletics under her married name of Bernice Robinson Holland as a thrower. In 1986, she was inducted into the Greater Cleveland Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=http://www.clevelandsportshall.com/holland-bernice-robinson/|title=Holland, Bernice Robinson | Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame}} Bernice was voted to the USATF Masters Hall of Fame in 2001.National Masters News, Jan 2002. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/01_2002.pdf] Retrieved Mar 5, 2021
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{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's 60 m hurdles}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:American female hurdlers
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