Janet Jesudason
{{Short description|Singaporean sprinter (born 1936)}}
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| sport = Sprinting
| event = 100 metres
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| birth_place = Singapore, Straits Settlements
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Janet Elizabeth Jesudason (born 15 December 1936) is a Singaporean former sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/janet-jesudason-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054633/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/janet-jesudason-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Janet Jesudason Olympic Results |access-date=16 June 2017}}
Early life and education
Jesudason was born on 15 December 1936 in Perak, Malaysia to an Indian father and a Chinese mother.{{Cite web |title=Janet Jesudason |url=https://www.swhf.sg/profiles/janet-jesudason/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Singapore Women's Hall of Fame |language=en-GB}} She moved to Singapore with her family in 1950 when her father became a teacher at Raffles Institution (RI).
When studying at Katong Convent, Jesudason participated at the secondary schools athletics meet and broke Singapore's Olympic sprinter Tang Pui Wah’s record for the 100-yard race with a time of 12.1 s. Jesudason would also trained with Mary Klass at RI.
Career
In 1956, Jesudason qualified for the 1956 Summer Olympics when she achieved 12.5 s in the 100 m spring during Singapore’s Olympic trials. She would later placed fifth in her heats and failed to qualified for the next round.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Singaporean female sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Singapore
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Olympic female sprinters
Category:20th-century Singaporean sportswomen
Category:Singaporean sportspeople of Indian descent
Category:Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
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