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Quita Shivas was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 19 April 1925. She was a sprinter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She was the first Scottish woman to compete in the Olympics. Shivas was a member of the Aberdeen Amateur Athletic Club and competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres events. She was the first Scottish woman to break the 11-second barrier in the 100 metres, with a time of 10.9 seconds. She also set a Scottish record in the 200 metres with a time of 24.2 seconds. Shivas was a successful athlete, winning numerous medals in the Scottish Championships and the British Championships. She was also a member of the British team that competed in the 1948 European Championships in Oslo, Norway. Shivas retired from competitive athletics in 1950 and went on to become a physical education teacher. She was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 1975 for her services to sport. Shivas is now 98 years old and is still active in the sport. She is a member of the Scottish Athletics Hall of Fame and is an honorary member of the Aberdeen Amateur Athletic Club. She is also a patron of the Scottish Athletics Federation.

Popular As Isobel Blanche Armitage "Quita" Shivas
Occupation N/A
Age 99 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 19 April, 1925
Birthday 19 April
Birthplace Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Died Place Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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Quita Shivas Height, Weight & Measurements

At 99 years old, Quita Shivas height is 1.59 m and Weight 46 kg.

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Weight 46 kg
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1960

After retiring she qualified as an anaesthetist and in the 1960s she married Stuart Barber and had a daughter Judith, and eventually settled down in Newstead, Scottish Borders, where she lived for the rest of her life.

1951

After graduating in 1951, Shivas moved to London to work at Hammersmith Hospital and continued her running by joining the Spartan Ladies Athletics Club. The following year she was selected to compete in the 100 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where she ran a time of 12.5 seconds and finished third in her heat behind Shirley Strickland and Vera Krepkina. After fulfilling her Olympic dream, she then retired from athletics.

1947

Born as Isobel Shivas, she acquired the name Quita due to her mother singing Marquita while she was young, she attended Aberdeen High School for Girls but her athletic talent was developed while studying at the University of Aberdeen, as well as athletics she also played hockey and golf. In 1947 she competed in the 200 yards event at the 1947 International University Games in Paris, and came home with the silver medal. In 1950 she won the 60m Sprint at the British Women's Amateur Athletic Association Championship at London's White City, to become British Champion. In Luxembourg for the 1951 Summer International University Sports Week she won the gold medal in the 100 metres and the bronze medal in the 80 metre hurdles, Shivas also equalled the Scottish all-comers record held by Fanny Blankers-Koen in the 100 yards.

1925

Isobel Blanche Armitage "Quita" Shivas (later Barber, 19 April 1925 - 18 March 2013) was a Scottish sprinter who competed for Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics, which made her the first Scottish female doctor to compete at the Olympics.

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