Jean Scrivens

{{short description|British sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jean Scrivens | image = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Camberwell, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Sprinting | height = 170 cm | weight = 61 kg | club = Selsonia LAC | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalSport| Women's Athletics}} {{MedalSilver| 1956 Melbourne | 4x100 metres relay}} }}

'''Jean Eileen Scrivens''' (born 15 October 1935) is a retired British track and field athlete, who competed in the 100 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kubatko, Justin |title=Jean Scrivens |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/jean-scrivens-1.html |work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=2010-01-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024181041/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/jean-scrivens-1.html |archivedate=2012-10-24}}</ref>

== Biography == Scrivens attended Ensham School in south London, having lived on Wingford Road.<ref>''Norwood News'', 7 September 1956, page 5</ref> She finished third behind Anne Pashley in the 100 yards event at the 1953 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19530705/312/0010 |title=Enid nears 5-minute mile |work=Sunday Express |date=5 July 1953 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=16 February 2025 }}</ref>

Two years later, Scrivens became the national 220 yards champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1955 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19550703/184/0016 |title=Margaret Doubles To It - Loses Record |work=The People |date=3 July 1955 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{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=16 February 2025}}</ref> Scrivens was selected to compete for Great Britain for the 1956 Olympics Games, held in Melbourne, Australia, in the 4 × 100 metres relay, where she won the silver medal,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCRIVJEA01 |title=Jean Scrivens |website=databaseOlympics |accessdate=15 April 2024 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026145005/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCRIVJEA01 |archivedate=2012-10-26 }}</ref> behind Australia, with her teammates Anne Pashley, June Foulds and Heather Armitage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68772 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{youTube |id=eMVOFEZpc7o |title=Relay 100m Final Melbourne 1956 Olympics colour footage}} * {{youTube |id=KrHUWw12gwA |title=Athletic - British Girls Beat Czechs (1954), Pathé}}

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