Millie Cheater

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameMillicent Maud "Millie"•Cheater (-Cousins)
Used nameMillie•Cheater
Born20 November 1927 in Winnipeg, Manitoba (CAN)
Died20 January 2003 in North Vancouver, British Columbia (CAN)
Affiliations?, Vancouver (CAN)
NOC Canada

Biography

Winnipeg-born Millie Cheater spent most of her life in Vancouver, where she was a star track and field athlete at King Edward High School. A specialist in short distances, she was most successful in the mid-1940s. In the leadup to the Canadian trials for the 1948 Summer Olympics, she set a national record in the Senior Girls 75 yard dash and became senior National Champion in the 60 m in 1947. At the trials she was third in the 100 m, behind Pat Jones and Viola Myers, and second in the 200 m, behind Diane Foster but ahead of Donna Gilmore. These results qualified her to represent Canada at the Games in both events, but she was eliminated in the heats and retired from active competition shortly thereafter.

Personal Bests: 100 – 12.2 (1947); 200 – 25.9 (1948).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Athletics CAN Millie Cheater
100 metres, Women (Olympic) 4 h4 r1/3
200 metres, Women (Olympic) 3 h7 r1/3
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) Canada DNS