Anne Pashley is a retired female 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...

 sprinter, who represented Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 at the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

. There she won the silver medal in the women's 4x100m relay alongside Jean Scrivens

Jean Scrivens

Jean Scrivens is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal, behind host nation Australia, with her team mates Anne Pashley, June Foulds and...

, June Foulds

June Foulds

June Foulds is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where she won the Bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges and Heather Armitage.She returned...

 and Heather Armitage

Heather Armitage

Heather Joy Armitage is a British athlete who competed in sprint events.She competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Anne Pashley, Jean Scrivens and June Foulds...

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Pashley claimed the bronze medal at the 1954 European Championships in Berne, Switzerland in the women's individual 100 metres, behind Irena Turova (Soviet Union) and Berta van Deyne (Netherlands).

Pashley became an opera singer and made her stage debut in 1959. She has performed at Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne is a country house, thought to be about six hundred years old, located near Lewes in East Sussex, England. It is also the site of an opera house which, with the exception of its closing during the Second World War, for a few immediate post-war years, and in 1993 during the...

, Covent Garden

Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...

and across Europe.