Jenny Wingerson

Who is Jenny Wingerson?

Jennifer Anne Wingerson-Meldrum is a retired female hurdler, shotputter, longjumper and pentathlete from Canada, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964 she competed in both the 80 metre hurdles and the pentathlon events in the Tokyo and Mexico Games. She won the silver medal at the 80m hurdles event at the 1963 Pan American Games. She grabbed the bronze medal in the 80 metre hurdles at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. She took an additional 2 silver medals at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, in the pentathlon and the 4 x 100 metre relay; she also finished 8th in the 80 metre-hurdles and the long jump. At the 1970 Commonwealth Games Jenny won a bronze in the pentathlon. She finished 6th in 100 metre hurdles at the 1971 Pan American games.