Donna was an
British athlete and mainly known as a sprint champion. In 1978 she won two
Commonwealth Games gold medals in Edmonton in Canada. In 1979 she was European
cup semi-finalist winner in both 400, and 400 relay again. She was also runner
up in European cup finals in 1975, and 1977 in 400, and 400 relay again. In
1980, she competed at the Moscow Olympic Games where she won a bronze medal in
the 4 x 400 relay.
After retiring from athletics she married actor and comedian Bobby Knutt (real name Robert Wass).
She transferred onto the UK women's body building circuit, winning the National
Amateur Body Building Association's "Miss Britain Physique" trophy in
1988. After bodybuilding she ran a Line Dancing School in Sheffield. Sadly her
husband found she’d died of a heart attack while she was sunbathing in their
back garden in Elsecar. She's buried with Bobby here.