Bobby Rosenfeld

A native of Ukraine, Rosenfeld moved to Canada as a child. She was working as a stenographer in a chocolate factory in 1923 when she took up sports and she eventually excelled in track, ice hockey, softball, and basketball. She represented Canada at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, where she took gold as a member of the 4x100 metres relay team (alongside Ethel Smith, Jane Bell, and Myrtle Cook) and silver individually in the 100 metres. She was also fifth in the 800 metres and entered the discus throw, but did not start.

Rosenfeld competed after the 1928 Olympics, but crippling arthritis set in early and she retired from competition in 1933. She continued to stay active in sports as a coach and also wrote a sports column, Sports Reel, for the Toronto Globe & Mail, beginning in 1937. In 1950 she was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Half Century, and was also inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. In 1996 she was featured on a Canadian postage stamp.

Personal Bests: 100 – 12.3w (1928); 800 – 2.22.4 (1928).