Jane Bell (athlete)

Florence Isabel "Jane" Bell (June 2, 1910 – July 1, 1998) was a Canadian track and field athlete and Olympic sprinter who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She competed as a member of Canada's first Olympic women's track and field team, later known as the "Matchless Six", which took part in the first Olympic Games to include women's athletics in 1928. Bell ran the third leg of the relay alongside Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, and Myrtle Cook, and the Canadian team won the event in a world-record time of 48.4 seconds. At eighteen, Bell was the youngest member of the team.

Bell was a versatile competitor who participated in hurdles, javelin, and sprint events during the late 1920s. In 1929 she won Canadian championships in the 60-yard hurdles, javelin throw, and baseball throw, reflecting the broad range of disciplines contested by early women's track athletes in Canada.

After retiring from competition Bell worked as a physical education instructor and later lived in the United States. Her Olympic victory formed part of Canada's strong performance in the inaugural Olympic program for women's athletics, in which members of the Matchless Six won multiple medals and helped establish Canada as a leading nation in early international women's track and field competition.