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Shirley Strickland (Shirley Barbara Strickland de la Hunty) was born on 18 July, 1925 in Guildford, Western Australia, is an Australian athlete. Discover Shirley Strickland's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Shirley Barbara Strickland de la Hunty
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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 18 July, 1925
Birthday 18 July
Birthplace Guildford, Western Australia
Date of death 11 February, 2004
Died Place Perth, Western Australia
Nationality Australia

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Shirley Strickland Height, Weight & Measurements

At 78 years old, Shirley Strickland height is 5 ft 7+1/2 in and Weight 126 lb.

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Height 5 ft 7+1/2 in
Weight 126 lb
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.

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Shirley Strickland Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Shirley Strickland worth at the age of 78 years old? Shirley Strickland’s income source is mostly from being a successful athlete. She is from Australia. We have estimated Shirley Strickland's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1900

He was unable to compete in the 1900 Summer Olympics because he lacked the money for a trip to Paris.

Instead, in 1900, he directed his efforts to the Stawell Gift 130-yard (120-m) foot-race, winning in 12 seconds off a handicap of 10 yards.

His performance was considered to be as good as those of Stan Rowley, who won the Australian amateur sprint titles that season.

(Rowley went on to win three bronze medals in the sprints at the 1900 Paris Olympics).

Dave Strickland subsequently went on to play one senior game of Australian rules football with Melbourne-based VFL team St Kilda in 1900 and six with WAFL club West Perth spread across the 1901 and 1909 seasons.

Her mother, Violet Edith Merry, was American-born with a British mining engineer father and a Norwegian mother.

Strickland's early education was by correspondence.

1925

Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE (née Strickland; 18 July 1925 – 11 February 2004), known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete.

She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports.

Strickland was the only daughter, the second of five children.

She grew up on the family farm east of the wheatbelt town of Pithara, Western Australia.

Her father, Dave Strickland, while working at Menzies in the goldfields of Western Australia, was also an athlete.

1934

From 1934 to 1937 she attended the newly established local East Pithara School, winning a scholarship to attend Northam High School, where, in 1939, she won 47 out of 49 events as a schoolgirl athlete.

1946

After high school, she entered the University of Western Australia from where in 1946 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physics.

In her spare time she lectured in mathematics and physics to returned servicemen at Perth Technical College, played wing in the university hockey team and gained a reputation as an extremely gifted sprinter and hurdler.

The Second World War was disruptive to women's athletics in Australia.

Some runners, including Strickland, enlisted to help the war effort.

While teaching at Perth Technical College, she was coached by Austin Robertson, a former world professional sprint champion and South Melbourne footballer.

She improved her 100 yards time from 11.8 to 11.0 flat.

1947

At the 1947 Western Australia state titles, she won the 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, the 90 m yards hurdles and the shot put.

The following year, she took up running seriously, with great success.

1948

She won the national title in the 80 m hurdles in 1948 and was part of the Australian delegation to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

There, Strickland finished third in both the 100 m and 80 m hurdles and won a silver medal in the 4×100 m relay.

1950

After winning three gold medals in the 1950 British Empire Games, she won her first Olympic title at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.

She won the 80 m hurdles in world record time (10.9 s).

A baton mix-up cost her a second gold medal in the 4×100 m relay.

In the 100 m, she again won a bronze medal.

1955

She set a new world record of 11.3 s for the 100 m in Poland in 1955, and in the 1956 Olympics, she won again in the 80 m hurdles and with the Australian 4×100 m relay team.

1968

De la Hunty maintained her Olympic involvement in athlete administration, with the Australian teams during the 1968 and 1976 Olympics in Mexico City and Montreal.

1970

From the early 1970s through to the mid-1990s, de la Hunty was a perennial candidate for state and federal political office, although never elected.

1971

She stood in six state elections – in 1971, and then in five consecutive from 1983 to 1996.

1975

Despite being awarded 4th place in the 200 m final, a photo finish of the race that was not consulted at the time, when examined in 1975, showed that she had beaten American Audrey Patterson into third place, a discrepancy that has been recognised by many reputable Olympic historians.

1976

She also coached sprinter Raelene Boyle for the 1976 Olympic season.

Along with her husband, de la Hunty had a longstanding involvement with the Australian Democrats.

She was a founding member, and later served as president of the party's branch in Western Australia.

1977

In total, she contested seven federal elections—four consecutive from 1977 to 1984, as well as the 1981 by-election in Curtin, and then in 1993 and 1996.

1981

She ran for the House of Representatives in 1981 (Curtin), 1984 (Fremantle), and 1993 (Canning), with the latter being her only independent candidacy at federal level.

1983

In 1983, 1986, and 1996, she stood for the Australian Democrats, while in the remaining years she stood as an independent candidate.

She ran for the Legislative Assembly in 1983 and 1993 (in East Melville and Melville, respectively), and for the Legislative Council in 1971, 1986, 1989, and 1996.

At federal level, all but one of de la Hunty's runs for office were made as a Democrats candidate.