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Profile - Cora Hannan
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Cora Hannan was the first Australian national champion in Shot Putt and Discus events. A classy all-round athlete, she also excelled in the javelin and was a competent high-jumper and hurdler. She set a range of national records during the 1930s and competed at all seven national championships between 1930 and 1940. |
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Cora Hannan was born in Adelaide, but moved to Sydney with her family in the 1920s. She and her sister Vida began competing in athletics at the end of the decade and both enjoyed success in the sport, particularly in field competitions. Cora became the first Australian national champion in Shot Putt and Discus events, in 1933, but her first national success came in the 1930 Championships, where she placed equal third in the High Jump. She was also second in the High Jump at the Nationals in 1932 and 1933. She was one of a very few athletes who competed at every National Championship for women in the decade from 1930 to 1940 - seven in all. Over this period, she won the Shot Putt twice (1933/1940) and was placed another three times. She also won the Discus in 1933/1935/1937, placing in the top three on two more occasions, and won two bronze medals in the Javelin (1933/1935). Her final national championships was in Perth, in 1940, and Cora was given a surprise when the train carrying the NSW Team stopped over in Kalgoorlie. The locals had discovered that Cora was descended from Paddy Hannan, the founder of Kalgoorlie, and provided her with a rousing reception. Hannan continued to compete in NSW interclub and championship events through the early years of World War II. She won her final state championships event, the Discus, on 13 February 1943. Four months later, Cora married fellow athlete Buckland C. Day and retired from competition. More
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