title: Jean Whitehead
text: # Jean Whitehead
  
  Jean Whitehead (born 1937) is a female former athlete who competed for England.
  
  ## Athletics career
  
  She represented England in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
  
  She was a member of the Liverpool Harriers & AC and aged just 18 established a new record of 18 ft 9ins (5.71 m) in winning the Northern Senior title in 1955.
  
  