# Val Peat

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{{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](/source/Sport_of_Athletics) 
| event       = Sprinting
| club        = Dorothy Hyman TC, Barnsley
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Women's [athletics](/source/athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1970 Edinburgh](/source/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) | [4 x 100m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1970_British_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1969 Athens](/source/1969_European_Athletics_Championships)|[200 metres](/source/1969_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres)}}
{{MedalBronze|1969 Athens|[4 × 100 metres relay](/source/1969_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres)}}
}}

'''Valerie Peat''', née '''Valerie Wild''', (30 April 1947 &ndash; 14 May 1997) was a British international [sprinter](/source/sprint_(running)) 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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_100_metres) and [national 200 metres champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_200_metres) after winning the British [WAAA Championships](/source/WAAA_Championships) titles at the [1968 WAAA Championships](/source/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](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics) in the [women's 100 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) at the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, at the [1970 British Commonwealth Games](/source/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/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>

== References ==
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==External links==
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Category:1947 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:British women sprinters
Category:English women sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Olympic women sprinters
Category:20th-century British sportswomen
Category:Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:People from Thurnscoe
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
Category:Athletes from Yorkshire
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics

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