Hilda Strike

Hilda Strike
Personal information
Born (1910-09-01)September 1, 1910
Montreal, Quebec
Died March 9, 1989(1989-03-09) (aged 78)
Ottawa, Ontario
Sport
Event(s) Track and field
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 1932 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Women's athletics

Competitor for Canada Canada

Olympic Games
1932 Los Angeles 100 metres
1932 Los Angeles 4×100m relay
British Empire Games
1934 London 100 yd
1934 London 3×110/220 yd

Hilda H. Strike (later Sisson, September 1, 1910 – March 9, 1989) was a Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist. She was born in Montreal and died in Ottawa.

Competing in the 1932 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre relay and a silver medal in the 100 metre losing to Stanisława Walasiewicz. In 1972, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.

When Walasiewicz was shot to death in 1980 during a store robbery, it was discovered that Walasiewicz was a hermaphrodite. Many subsequently argued that the gold medal should be given to Strike.

At the 1934 Empire Games she won the silver medal in the 100 yards event. She also was a member of the Canadian relay team which won the silver medal in the 110-220-110 yards relay competition.

References

1932 'injustice' never corrected: A Canadian Olympic sprinter lost the gold to a woman, who later turned out to be a man. David Reevely reports.; [Final Edition] David Reevely. The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ont.: Feb 17, 2002. pg. A.3

Sisson never demanded gold medal; The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ont.: Mar 11, 1989. pg. F.5


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