Denise Boyd

Who is Denise Boyd?

Denise Margaret Robertson-Boyd is a former Australian Olympic sprinter, who reached two Olympic finals in the 200 metres sprint. Boyd won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.

Boyd's best performances were:

100 m: 11.35

200 m: 22.35

400 m: 51.48

Her husband, Ray Boyd was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic representative in the pole vault. The Boyds have three children, all of whom are successful athletes:

Alana - 4.55 m Olympic pole vaulter

Jacinta - 6.64 m long jumper

Matthew - 5.35 m pole vaulter

In 2009 Denise Boyd was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.