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Mary Rand RIP

clive
clive Posts: 20,189
in Other Football and Sports

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, has died at the age of 86.

Rand secured the long jump title at the Tokyo Games in 1964, also winning silver in the inaugural women's pentathlon and bronze in the 4x100m relay.

That meant she also became the first British woman to win gold, silver and bronze at a single Olympic Games.

Rand was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1964 and was awarded an MBE in the 1965 New Year Honours List.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/ce3dn6n2vk4o

Comments

  • jose
    jose Posts: 1,115
    RIP
    Great and classy athlete.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,850
    RIP Mary. You were a great athlete and I have fond memories of your Olympic journey on TV from Tokyo 1964.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,374
    RIP Mary
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,893
    RIP Mary.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,601

    Many years ago we had a family holiday in Somerset. The proud locals of Mary Rand's hometown, Wells, have marked out the distance on the High Street that she jumped to win her Olympic Gold. My son recreated the jump - it took him five different starting points to get that distance. To this day, I am still amazed that anyone could jump that length. RIP Mary.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,511
    RIP Mary.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,663
    I remember the name. RIP.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,584
    RIP
  • Dartaddick
    Dartaddick Posts: 126
    RIP Mary
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,997
    RIP 

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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,202
    My memory of the Olympics starts from Ann Packer and the 800m in Mexico in ‘68. She was one of Mary’s roommates in Tokyo. I only know Mary from reading about her but she sounds quite remarkable. For example, she won a set of golden darts by hitting the bull with one dart, and she lost out on gold in the pentathlon at Tokyo to an athlete who stopped competing when mandatory gender testing came in.

    RIP to someone this country can be proud of. 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,954
    RIP. Golden girl in her day.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,761
    Huge star back in the day…..a significant household sports personality.
    I remember her well.
    RIP….Mary….RIP.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 4,060
    RIP Mary
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 12,355
    RIP Mary. A real legend from the past. I remember her winning gold in 1964. What a performer!

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