Della Pascoe

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| name = Della Pascoe
née James

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| nationality = British (English)

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprinting

| club = London Olympiades

| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|3|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|6|22|1949|3|28|df=yes}}

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| height =170 cm

| weight =56 kg

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Della Patricia Pascoe (née James; 28 March 1949 – 22 June 2023) was a British international sprinter, who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/della-james-pascoe-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041454/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/della-james-pascoe-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Della James-Pascoe Olympic Results |access-date=1 July 2017}}

Biography

James finished third behind Johanna Cornelissen in the 100 yards event at the 1967 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19670702/480/0023 |title=Board may forgive Anne |work=Sunday Express |date=2 July 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=1 March 2025}}

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she represented Great Britain in the women's 100 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68690 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 March 2025}} James later represented England in the 100 metres and 200 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39968|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119172107/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39968|url-status=dead}}

Shortly after the 1970 Games, James married hurdler Alan Pascoe and competed under her married name thereafter{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=244677711:7257&d=bmd_1740370513 |title=Marriages |website=Free BMD |access-date=1 March 2025 }} As Pascoe she became the national 100 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1972 WAAA Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=1 March 2025 }}

Pascoe died from complications of Parkinson's disease on 22 June 2023, at the age of 74.{{cite news |title=Olympic sprinter Della Pascoe dies aged 74 |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/olympic-sprinter-della-pascoe-dies-aged-74-1039968882/ |access-date=23 June 2023 |publisher=Athletics Weekly |date=23 June 2023}}

Della and Alan had two children, Lucy & Daniel

References

External links

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Category:1949 births

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Category:20th-century British sportswomen

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Category:British female sprinters

Category:English female sprinters

Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain

Category:Athletes from Portsmouth

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England

Category:Olympic female sprinters

Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease

Category:20th-century English sportswomen