Viola Myers

Viola Myers

Myers in 1948
Personal information
Born	1927 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 15, 1993 (aged 66) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	Malvernette Athletic Club, Toronto
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 12.2 (1948) 200 m – 25.7 (1949)[1][2]
Medal record Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1948 London 4×100 m relay

Viola Lillian Myers (later Richardson, 1927 – November 15, 1993) was a Canadian sprinter who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m relay and finished fourth in the individual 100 m. Myers started training in athletics in the early 1940s, and in 1944 set a national record in the 80 m sprint. She set another national record in 1948, in the 60 m, which stood until 1973. Myers retired shortly after the 1950 British Empire Games. In 2011, she was inducted into the Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame. Canadian ice hockey players Doug and Murray Wilson are her nephews.^[1] She died in 1993 at a hospital in Toronto.^[3]

References

1. Viola Myers. Sports Reference
2. Viola Myers. trackfield.brinkster.net
3. "Deaths, Memorials, Births". The Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario. November 17, 1993. p. A20.