Bevis Reid

British track and field athlete

Bevis Shergold

Personal information

Full name| Bevis Maria Anael Shergold (nee Reid)[1]
Born| 13 June 1919
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died| 4 July 1997(1997-07-04) (aged 78)[2]
Richmond, London
Sport
Sport| Discus throw, shot put and javelin

Medal record

Women's shot put
Representing  United Kingdom

Shot put at the AAA Championships[3]
|  1938  | Women's Shot put (Two-hand aggregate, 8lb shot)
|  1939  | Women's Shot put (Two-hand aggregate, 8lb shot)
|  1947  | Women's Shot put (Two-hand aggregate, 8lb shot)
|  1948 | Women's Shot put (Two-hand aggregate, 8lb shot)
|  1949  | Women's Shot put (Two-hand aggregate, 8lb shot)
|  1951  | Women's Shot put (Two-hand aggregate, 8lb shot)
|  1952  | Women's Shot put (Two-hand aggregate, 8lb shot)

Bevis Shergold (née Reid, 13 June 1919 - 4 July 1997) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1938 European Athletics Championships and the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]

## Biography

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Reid was a member of the Mitcham Athletics Club in London. By the time she was 19 years old she had unofficially broken the British record in the discus and the javelin.[4] She competed in both the shot put and the discus at the 1938 European Athletics Championships held in Vienna, finishing in fifth place in the shot put and eighth place in the discus.[5]

Due to the war Reid had to wait ten years before she could compete in the Summer Olympics, where she threw 35.84 metres in the discus and finished in 14th place.[6] She fared better in the shot put, finishing in third place in the qualifying round,[7] but could only throw 12.170 metres in the final to finish in eighth place.[8]

Nationally Reid won many medals, including the National Champion six times in the shot put (Two-hand aggregate, 8lb shot),[3] five times discus champion,[9] and once won the javelin.[10]

During World War II she was an intelligence servicewoman and was one of the first women to be posted aboard. She worked in Egypt and Algeria as a translator during the interrogation of POWs.[11]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Bevis Reid". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
2. ^ Bevis Reid at Olympedia
3. ^ a b "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Shot Put". nuts.org.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
4. ^ "Women's AAA Championships". West London Observer. 1 July 1938. Retrieved 1 November 2017 - via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "1938 European Championships". sport-olympic.gr. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
6. ^ "Women's Discus Throw". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
7. ^ "Women's Shot Put Qualifying Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
8. ^ "Women's Shot Put Final Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
9. ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Discus". nuts.org.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
10. ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Javelin". nuts.org.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
11. ^ "Bevis Shergold". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.