What is Dorothy Tyler-Odam?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-G00985, Berlin, Olympiade, Hochsprung der Damen.jpg|thumb|Tyler-Odam (far right) at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]].]] '''Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler''' {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]}} (née '''Odam'''; 14 March 1920 &ndash; 25 September 2014) was a [[British people|British]] [[Track and field athletics|athlete]]. She competed mainly in the [[high jump]]. She won two [[silver medal]]s at the [[Summer Olympic Games]]. One at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]], and the other at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] held in London. She was the first British woman to win an Olympic athletics medal herself. She later went on to win a [[gold medal]] at two [[British Empire Games]]; one in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] (1938), and the other in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]] (1950). In 2012, she was a starting runner at the [[London Marathon]]. Tyler-Odam was born in [[Stockwell]], [[London]]. In 2009, at the age of 89, she was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE). Tyler-Odam died after a long illness on 25 September 2014, aged 94.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/dorothy-tyler-dies-aged-94-12445/|title=Dorothy Tyler dies aged 94|work=Athletics Weekly|date=26 September 2014|accessdate=27 September 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/od/dorothy-odam-tyler-1.html Dorothy Tyler-Odam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174304/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/od/dorothy-odam-tyler-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }} at [https://www.sports-reference.com/ Sports-Reference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201172906/http://www.sports-reference.com/ |date=2010-02-01 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyler Odam, Dorothy}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:British athletes]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Great Britain]] [[Category:Disease-