Violet Peters
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Bombay, British India | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
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Violet Peters is an Indian athlete. She won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay in the 1954 Asian Games with Christine Brown, Stephie d'Souza and Mary d'Souza, with a time of 49.5 seconds.[1][2][3][4][5] She belonged to an Anglo-Indian family from Bombay.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "MEDAL WINNERS OF ASIAN GAMES". Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Link. United India Periodicals. 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Asian Games : Manila 1954". Sports Bharti. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "இந்திய விளையாட்டு வீராங்கனைகள் இதுவரை வென்றுள்ள பதக்கங்கள் எத்தனை?". BBC Tamil. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Violet Peters". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ S. Lal (1 January 2008). 50 Magnificent Indians Of The 20Th Century. Jaico Publishing House. pp. 299–. ISBN 978-81-7992-698-7. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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