{{Short description|Scottish athlete}} {{Use British English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Barbara Lyall | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints, 440y | club = Tayside AAC<br>Edinburgh Southern Harriers | birth_date = 7 May 1944 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}
'''Barbara Jean Dadswell Lyall''' married name '''Oliver''' (born 7 May 1944) is a former track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at two Commonwealth Games.
== Biography == Lyall was a member of the Tayside Amateur Athletic Club and set a club record of 2min 35sec, over 880 yards in May 1964.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002669/19640502/095/0006 |title=Tayside A.C.C. |work=Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser |date=2 May 1964 |p=6|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>
She won the Scottish AAA Championship title over 440 yards in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/sco.htm |title=Scottish Championships |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>
Lyall represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19660613/299/0014 |title=McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team|work=The Scotsman |p=14 |date=13 June 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonwealthsport.com/nations/scotland |title=Scotland |website=Commonwealth Sport |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> participating in two events, the 220 yards and the 440 yards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3036/56/all |title=Scotland Kingston 1966 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=6 December 2025 |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018082917/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3036/56/all |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
In 1967 she opened a fashion shop at 22 Brook Street in Broughty Ferry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002669/19670708/114/0009 |title=Young Fashions in Ferry |work=Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser |date=8 July 1967 |p=9 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> Lyall joined the Edinburgh Southern Harriers in 1968.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19680705/448/0023 |title=Young Fashions in Ferry |work=The Scotsman |date=5 July 1968 |p=23 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>
Lyall represented Great Britain when they defeated the United States at the White City Stadium in 1969, in the 4x400m relay<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dundeehawks.co.uk/history/ |title=Formed in 1889 |website=Dundee Hawkhill Harriers Athletic Club |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> and reached the final of the 400 metres at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19800104/317/0015 |title=New 4000-metres track planned for Dundee |work=The Scotsman |date=4 January 1980 |p=15 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>
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