Carole Quinton

Quinton competed in the sprint and 80 metres hurdles events.[1] She competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] Despite not being in the initial British squad, she was selected to replace Pam Elliot, who withdrew as she was pregnant.[2] She represented England and won a silver medal in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3][4] In the final, Quinton and winner Norma Thrower finished in a wind assisted 10.7 seconds in the final, faster than the previous Games record, though due to the wind assistance, it was not classified as a Games record time.[5] At the time of her British Commonwealth and Empire Games medal, Quinton was the reigning British national champion in the 80 metres event.[5] In the same year, she was in the British team that came second in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships.[6] In 1959, she competed in a Great Britain vs West Germany athletics meeting in White City, London. She came second in the 80 metres hurdles event.[7]

In 1960, she set the British national record time for the 80 metres hurdles twice. She ran a record time of 11.0 seconds in July 1960,[8] and later in the month, she ran a new record time of 10.9 seconds.[9] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Quinton won the silver medal in the 80 m hurdles.[1] She also competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay alongside Dorothy Hyman, Jenny Smart and Mary Rand. They did not finish in the final of the event.[10]

Quinton was born in Rugby, Warwickshire.[1] She worked as a shorthand typist.[2] In 1961, she married water polo player David Barr in Hove.[11]