Gaye Dell
Encyclopedia
Dorothy Gaye Dell is an Australian Olympic
athlete, author
, and artist
.
, she placed first in the 4 x 100 metres relay
and second in the 100 metres Hurdles. She received the silver medal
at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
at Christchurch
after representing Australia in the 100 metres hurdles. Also, in 1974, she achieved a personal best time of 13.33 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles. In 1976, she represented Australia in the Montreal Olympics
, where, with a time of 13.68 seconds, she ranked 5th in round one, heat two of Women's 100 metres Hurdles
. In 1978, she was the American National Champion for indoor 60 metres hurdles
.
. These include Bidge's Mob, 100+ Answers About Puberty, and 400+ Questions Kids Have About Relationships. As Senior Manager of Interrelate Family Centres, she has also written a series of books featuring the Listener SockPuppet Family, which includes The Listeners Go to a Family Centre, The Listeners Go to Counselling, and The Listeners Get a Parenting Plan. Dell has also illustrated several books, including Marilyn Maple's Two Bunny Tails.
Girls School in Victoria, Australia. She worked at Lowther Hall Church of England Girls' Grammar School
in Victoria, and later, while living in the United States, she taught graphic design at Santa Fe College, in Gainesville, Florida
. In the 1980s, she worked as a graphic artist in Florida, where her work included designing restaurants for Holiday Inn
and decorating dentist offices, as well as creating calendars, posters, t-shirts, menus, caricatures, and newsletters. In 1991, she collaborated with Jim Bohart and John King to create SunBuddys, animal-decorated static cling
shade
s for car windows.
for fine arts with a major
in photography; she also received a Bachelor of Education
. She attended the University of Florida
on a full track and field
athletic scholarship
from 1977 to 1981, where she earned another Bachelor of Arts, majoring in drawing & creative writing. She holds dual nationality, being a citizen of both the United States and Australia.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
.
Athletic career
Dell was the Australian National Champion in both 100 & 200 metres hurdles for five years running, from 1971 to 1976. She placed first in the Australian Open Track & Field Championships for Women's 200 metres Hurdles for three consecutive years, from 1972 to 1975. At the 1973 Pacific Conference GamesPacific Conference Games
The Pacific Conference Games were a quadrennial athletics competition, held between 1969 and 1985 and contested by Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States.The 1981 event was open to athletes from all nations....
, she placed first in the 4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...
and second in the 100 metres Hurdles. She received the silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. A total of 37 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 14 by female athletes.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:Key:...
at Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
after representing Australia in the 100 metres hurdles. Also, in 1974, she achieved a personal best time of 13.33 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles. In 1976, she represented Australia in the Montreal Olympics
Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
, where, with a time of 13.68 seconds, she ranked 5th in round one, heat two of Women's 100 metres Hurdles
100 metres hurdles
The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...
. In 1978, she was the American National Champion for indoor 60 metres hurdles
60 metres hurdles
60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,...
.
Literary career
Dell has written several books for childrenChildren's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
. These include Bidge's Mob, 100+ Answers About Puberty, and 400+ Questions Kids Have About Relationships. As Senior Manager of Interrelate Family Centres, she has also written a series of books featuring the Listener SockPuppet Family, which includes The Listeners Go to a Family Centre, The Listeners Go to Counselling, and The Listeners Get a Parenting Plan. Dell has also illustrated several books, including Marilyn Maple's Two Bunny Tails.
Other work
In 1971, she worked as an art teacher at PrestonPreston, Victoria
Preston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Preston had a population of 27,892.-Settlement:...
Girls School in Victoria, Australia. She worked at Lowther Hall Church of England Girls' Grammar School
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, most often referred to simply as Lowther Hall, is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Essendon, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
in Victoria, and later, while living in the United States, she taught graphic design at Santa Fe College, in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
. In the 1980s, she worked as a graphic artist in Florida, where her work included designing restaurants for Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn is a brand of hotels, formally a economy motel chain, forming part of the British InterContinental Hotels Group . It is one of the world's largest hotel chains with 238,440 bedrooms and 1,301 hotels globally. There are currently 5 hotels in the pipeline...
and decorating dentist offices, as well as creating calendars, posters, t-shirts, menus, caricatures, and newsletters. In 1991, she collaborated with Jim Bohart and John King to create SunBuddys, animal-decorated static cling
Static cling
Static cling is the tendency for light objects to stick to other objects owing to static electricity. It is common in clothing, but occurs with other items, such as the tendency of dust to be attracted to, and stick to, plastic items....
shade
Shade
Shade is the blocking of sunlight by any object, and also the shadow created by that object. Shade also consists of the colors grey, black, white, etc...
s for car windows.
Personal life & education
Dell was born in Victoria, Australia. In Victoria, she received a Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
for fine arts with a major
Academic major
In the United States and Canada, an academic major or major concentration is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits....
in photography; she also received a Bachelor of Education
Bachelor of Education
A Bachelor of Education is an undergraduate academic degree which qualifies the graduate as a teacher in schools.-North America:...
. She attended the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
on a full track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athletic scholarship
Athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...
from 1977 to 1981, where she earned another Bachelor of Arts, majoring in drawing & creative writing. She holds dual nationality, being a citizen of both the United States and Australia.
See also
- Athletics (sport)
- HurdlingHurdlingHurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...
- List of Australian athletics champions (Women)
- Athletics at the 1976 Summer OlympicsAthletics at the 1976 Summer OlympicsAt the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...