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Wendy Ey (21 May 1938 -30 May 1997), born Wendy Hayes, was an Australian track and field athlete, administrator, academic, author and feminist. She was an athletics sprint and hurdles champion from 1954 until 1960 and a Commonwealth Games silver medalist in Cardiff, Wales in 1958. Ey also excelled at squash and hockey. Ey continued to be an active sport participant all her life and was a master’s world champion in athletics.
Ey was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours for service to sport.
Ey was a lecturer and researcher in physical education at the University of South Australia. She co-authored and published a range of papers on women in sport. In 1987 she was appointed as Women’s Adviser to the South Australian Minister of Sport and Recreation. She died from cancer in 1997.

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