Sandra Hartley

Sandra Hartley (born 23 June 1948) is a Canadian former gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the women's all-around team event at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

Career Hartley was the senior ladies champion of British Columbia in 1965 for her age group, also placing second in the Saskatchewan Open Championships held earlier that year. She was a student of the University of British Columbia. In 1967, she "easily outclassed" gymnasts from various universities to capture the women's all-round title in the Western Canada Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. Hartley won all four events and her closest competition was team-mate Leslie Bird. Throughout 1968, she collected all-around women's titles in the Canadian nationals and Pacific Northwest and national collegiate meets and along with Gil LaRose, led in the very first Olympic Gymnastic trials ever held in Canada when she was a student with the University of Washington. When she participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics, she was the Canadian national champion.

By the 1970s, Hartley had a master's degree in Physical Education and was tutoring younger gymnasts a year after competing in the World Student Games. She became a coach in 1970 at the University of Alberta and in the summer of 1971 was named the chairman of the national gymnastic coaches organization. Upon her appointment, she expressed that it was the "first time a gymnast has gone from the bottom of the sport to become an executive". As a coach, she expressed a belief that gymnasts should start at a young age, ideally beginning training around the age of 11 or 12 when the body is agile, although didn't start the sport herself until the age of 14. She helped coach the Canadian national gymnastics team for the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a keen cyclist, she won a gold medal in 2005 in cycling at the World Masters Games.

Personal She is married to Michael Faulkner.