{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (1923–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Use British English|date=April 2019}} {{MedalTop}} {{MedalCountry | {{flag|Jamaica|1906}} }} {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalGold| 1950 Guatemala City |High jump}} {{MedalSilver| 1946 Barranquilla |High jump}} {{MedalSilver| 1950 Guatemala City |80 metres hurdles}} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Vinton Ruth Beckett''' (12 June 1923 &ndash; 1 November 2018)<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web|url = https://www.everhere.com/us/obituary-tamarac-vinton-ruth-beckett-8317424|title = Vinton Ruth Beckett Obituary|date = November 2018|publisher = Everhere|access-date = 28 April 2019}}</ref> was a Jamaican track and field athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where she was joint fourth in the women's high jump (with Doreen Dredge of Canada), 11th in the women's long jump, and eliminated in the opening round of the women's 80 metres hurdles.<ref name="SportsReference">{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Vinton Beckett Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = April 2014|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/vinton-beckett-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120411/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/vinton-beckett-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|access-date = 2014-06-16}}</ref>

Prior to the Olympics she participated in the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games, where she won a silver medal in the high jump, behind her compatriot Carmen Phipps. Four years later, at the 1950 edition, she won the high jump event and finished second in the 80 metres hurdles behind another compatriot, Karleen Searchwell.<ref name="CACG">{{cite web|title = CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN GAMES (WOMEN)|publisher = Athletics Weekly|date = 2005|url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cacgw.htm|access-date = 2014-06-16}}</ref> Beckett was born in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref name="SportsReference"/>

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