Denise Boyd

Denise Boyd

Personal information
Born	15 December 1952
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	134 lb (61 kg)[1]
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Australia Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978 200 metres Christchurch 1974 4 x 100 metres Christchurch 1974 200 metres Edmonton 1978 4 x 400 metres Brisbane 1982 4 x 400 metres Christchurch 1974 100 metres Edmonton 1978 100 metres Edmonton 1978 4 x 100 metres

Denise Margaret Robertson-Boyd (born 15 December 1952) is a former Australian Olympic sprinter, who reached two Olympic finals in the 200 metres sprint. Boyd won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.^[2]

Boyd's best performances were:^[3]

• 100 m: 11.35 (Moscow, 1980)
• 200 m: 22.35 (Sydney, 1980)
• 400 m: 51.48 (Melbourne, 1983)

Her husband, Ray Boyd was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic representative in the pole vault.^[4] The Boyds have three children, all of whom are successful athletes:^[5]

• Alana (born 10 May 1984)^[6] - 4.55 m Olympic pole vaulter^[3]

• Jacinta (born 10 February 1986)^[7] - 6.64 m long jumper^[3]

• Matthew (Matt) (born 29 April 1988)^[8] - 5.35 m pole vaulter^[9]

In 2009 Denise Boyd was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.^[10]

See also

• Australian athletics champions (Women)

References

1. "Denise Robertson-Boyd". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
2. Athletics Australia profile - Denise Robertson-Boyd
3. - Athletics Australia all-time rankings list
4. AA profile - Ray Boyd
5. Courier Mail - Vaulting into pole position
6. AA profile - Alana Boyd
7. Boyd. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-12-28.
8. AA Profile - Matt Boyd
9. Athletics Australia - 2008 National Rankings
10. "Ms Denise Boyd". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

External links

• Denise Boyd profile at IAAF