Joan Shepherd
{{short description|British long jumper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Joan Shepherd
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Long jump
| club = Essex Ladies AC
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|5|df=yes}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|24|1924|5|5|df=yes}}{{Olympedia|68774}}
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| height =157 cm
| weight =47 kg
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Joan Constance Evelyn Shepherd (5 May 1924 – 24 November 2012) was a British athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/joan-shepherd-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/joan-shepherd-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Joan Shepherd Olympic Results |accessdate=13 December 2017}}
Biography
Shepherd finished third behind Winifred Jordan in the 200 metres event at the 1945 WAAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19450820/095/0004 |title=Athletics |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=20 August 1945 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19460722/122/0004 |title=AAA results |work=Daily News (London) |date=22 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 January 2025 }} and second behind Kathleen Duffy at the 1947 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19470802/189/0016 |title=Women's A.A.A. Championships |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=2 August 1947 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001916/19470802/003/0001 |title=Women's A.A.A. Title Change |work=Star Green 'un |date=2 August 1947 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2024 }}{{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=26 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=26 January 2025 }}
Shepherd finally became the national long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1948 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19480627/096/0006 |title=Mrs Jordan keeps title |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=27 June 1948 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription | access-date=2 February 2025}}
Shortly afterwards, representing Great Britain at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, she competed in the women's long jump competition.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:British female long jumpers
Category:English female long jumpers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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