About Elspeth Whyte
Lived 1926 – 2023 (aged 96). Elspeth Whyte was a British athletics competitor.
Elspeth Anderson Whyte (24 December 1926 – 24 March 2023), later known as Elspeth Stephanson, was a British athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Biography Whyte was born in Hendon, Middlesex on 24 December 1926. Whyte finished second behind Bevis Reid in the discus throw event at the 1948 WAAA Championships. Shortly afterwards representing Great Britain at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, she competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw.
In 1954, she married Swede Karl Stephanson before moving to live in Sweden. Whyte died in Västerås, Sweden on 24 March 2023, at the age of 96.
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British athletics competitor
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Elspeth Whyte was born on 24 December 1926.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Elspeth Whyte. https://biography.guide/elspeth-whyte/
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