Alice Arden (athlete)

Alice Arden
Helen Stephens and Alice Arden (right) at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
BornJuly 23, 1914
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedMarch 1, 2012 (aged 97)
Roscoe, New York, United States
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
ClubSt. George's Dragon Club of New York
Achievements and titles
Personal best1.61 m (1935)[1][2]

Alice Jean Arden-Hodge (July 23, 1914 – March 1, 2012) was an American athlete who competed in the women's high jump event at the Olympic games in Berlin in 1936. Raised in Long Island, New York, Arden won ten athletic letters during her high school career across several different sports. The only woman from the New York City area to have been selected for the 1936 Summer Olympics women's team, Arden placed ninth in the high jump event and never competed in the sport again. Soon after, she married basketball player Russell Hodge and together they had three children, one of whom was Russ Hodge, a decathlete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. As of 2008, Arden and Hodge's participation make them the only mother-son Olympians in American history.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Arden was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Nonna, Michael. "Alice Arden". Profile. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved August 23, 2015.

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