Val Peat

{{Short description|British sprinter (1947–1997)}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Val Peat | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|4|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Thurnscoe, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|5|14|1947|4|30|df=yes}} | death_place = | height =165 cm | weight =51 kg | sport =Athletics | event = Sprinting | club = Dorothy Hyman TC, Barnsley | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1970 Edinburgh | 4 x 100m relay}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1969 Athens|200 metres}} {{MedalBronze|1969 Athens|4 × 100 metres relay}} }}

'''Valerie Peat''', née '''Valerie Wild''', (30 April 1947 – 14 May 1997) was a British international sprinter who competed at the Olympic Games.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/val-peat-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041431/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/val-peat-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Val Peat Olympic Results |access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Peat became both the national 100 metres champion and national 200 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships titles at the 1968 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19680721/100/0030 |title=World-Beater Vera |work=Sunday Post |date=21 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 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=2 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 March 2025 }}</ref>

Later that year at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Peat represented Great Britain in the women's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68752 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

Peat represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39970|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231143829/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39970|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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