Carole Quinton

Athletics career Quinton competed in the sprint and 80 metres hurdles events.

Quinton finished second behind Margaret Rowley in the pentathlon event at the 1955 WAAA Championships.

Quinton competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Quinton finished second behind Thelma Hopkins in the 80 metres hurdles event at the 1957 WAAA Championships before becoming the national 80 metres hurdles champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1958 WAAA Championships.

She represented England and won a silver medal in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. In the final, Quinton and winner Norma Thrower finished in a wind assisted 10.7 seconds in the final, faster than the previous Games record, though due to the wind assistance, it was not classified as a Games record time. At the time of her British Commonwealth and Empire Games medal, Quinton was the reigning British national champion in the 80 metres event.

In 1959, she competed in a Great Britain vs West Germany athletics meeting in White City, London. She came second in the 80 metres hurdles event. Quinton regained her WAAA 80 metres title at the 1960 WAAA Championships.

In 1960, she set the British national record time for the 80 metres hurdles twice. She ran a record time of 11.0 seconds in July 1960, and later in the month, she ran a new record time of 10.9 seconds. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Quinton won the silver medal in the 80 m hurdles.

Personal life She worked as a shorthand typist.