Jillian Richardson

Who is Jillian Richardson?

Jillian Richardson is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She is a three-time Olympian.

Jillian won a Gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth games as a member of the 4 x 400 meter relay team. She repeated that feat at the 1986 Commonwealth games, as well a winning a silver in the 400 meters. She was a member of the 4 x 400 metre relay that took a silver medal in the 1983 Pan Am Games. She won a silver in the 400 meters at the 1987 Pan Am games, and as part of the Canadian 4 x 400 meter relay team. She took a gold medal in the 400 metres and a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the Francophone Games in 1989. She finish 5th in the 400 meter final at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

She competed for Canada in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck and Marita Payne.