Myra Nimmo

Myra Alexandra Nimmo (born 5 January 1954) and was the Scottish long jump record holder from 1973 until 2012. From 2016 until 2021, she was the Chair of England Athletics.

Athletics career Nimmo began her career in the sprint hurdles, and also ran in the relay team. She took up long jump during the winter of 1972–73. In June 1973, Nimmo broke the Scottish national long jump record with a jump of 6.43m during a meeting at Meadowbank Stadium. Her record became the longest standing Scottish national athletics record, until it was broken in 2012 by the unrelated Jade Nimmo.

Nimmo became the British long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1973 WAAA Championships.

Nimmo competed in the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she came fourth in the long jump. Later in the year, she won a long jump event in Cwmbran, Wales. Nimmo was the only Scottish women to win an event at the meeting.

In 1975, she regained the WAAA long jump title at the 1975 WAAA Championships and won another event in Coatbridge, Scotland, in what became her last appearance for Scotland.

Academic career Nimmo has a PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine. She later became the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham. In 2016, Nimmo was appointed the Chair of England Athletics. In January 2021, Nimmo announced that she would not be standing for re-election, but would stay Chair of England Athletics until a successor is found. On 1 September 2021, Nimmo was replaced by Gary Shaughnessy in the role.