[on Adolf Hitler] He was just a little man in a big uniform. Someone suggested that I should have given him a slap. But I think that would have just got me into trouble.
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[on participating in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany] When we got there, there were 40-foot Nazi flags everywhere, everyone seemed to be in uniform. It was all very militaristic. We were staying in a large dormitory. The first morning, I was woken up by the sound of marching, and outside there were hundreds of Hitler Youth parading.
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[on losing the gold medal in the women's high jump due to a jump-off that was stipulated in the rule book at the 1936 Olympics] Losing the gold medal in that way has not bothered me at all. I was so thrilled to come second, particularly in 1936, when I was only 16 years old. After all, rules are rules.
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Was the first British woman to win an individual Olympic medal in athletics.
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