Mildred Wiley

{{short description|American high jumper}}

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| name = Mildred Wiley

| image = Mildred Wiley 1928.jpg

| image_size = 280px

| caption = Mildred Wiley at the 1928 Olympics

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| birth_date = December 3, 1901

| birth_place = Taunton, Massachusetts, United States

| death_date = February 7, 2000 (aged 98)

| death_place = Bourne, Massachusetts, United States

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| sport = High jump

| club = Boston Swimming Association

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{{MedalBronze | 1928 Amsterdam | High jump}}

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Mildred Olive Wiley (December 3, 1901 – February 7, 2000) was an American high jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

After marriage she changed her last name to Dee and gave birth to five children. One of them, Bob Dee, was a prominent professional footballer at the Boston Patriots in the 1960s.

References

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{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's high jump}}

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Category:1901 births

Category:2000 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from Taunton, Massachusetts

Category:American female high jumpers

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field

Category:Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Category:Track and field athletes from Massachusetts

Category:20th-century American sportswomen

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