Club: Albert Foundry Gender: Female Age Group: V80 County: Region: Northern Ireland Nation: Northern Ireland

Lead Coach: Buster McShane

About

Login

Mary’s international career was a marathon for the time of 16 years and extended through five Commonwealth games and included seventeen WAAA titles plus eleven other podiums. From most humble beginnings she became a world class all rounder in 1962 but was overshadowed by Mary Rand until the latter’s retirement. Britain’s number one shot putter in 1965 it was 1970 before she reached the top in Britain in Combined events. In such times athletes often had easier years and Mary took 1969 and 1971 off to prolong her career before her remarkable Olympic win in Munich aged 33 where she set a world record, an overlooked British record for the 100 Hurdles and huge PB’s in high Jump and 200m for a dramatic gold medal.

Best known performances

Event PB 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Event 2009 2008 2007 2006 1974 1973 1972 1970 1968 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1958 200 24.08 200 24.08 24.3 24.96 25.4 50HW 7.16i/7.0i 50HW 7.16i 7.0i 60HW 8.5i 60HW 8.5i 80HW 11.10/11.0 80HW 11.10 11.0 11.3 100HW 13.29/13.1w 100HW 14.35 13.5 13.29/13.1w 14.14/13.6 HJ 1.82 HJ 1.70 1.70i 1.82 1.66 1.53 1.60 1.47 LJ 6.04/6.07w LJ 6.07w 6.04 5.73 5.60 5.60 SP4K 16.40i SP4K 14.88 15.88 16.26i 16.40i 15.75 16.31 14.48 13.31 11.21 PenW 5148 PenW 4455 4429 4801 5148 4803 4625 4413 4823 4385 4586

Performances	Submit
1958 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1968 1970 1972 1973 1974
Default Date (Latest first) Date (Earliest first) Event Position Age Graded Points

1974 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100HW	14.35		1.3		3	h3			Christchurch, NZL	Commonwealth Games	29 Jan 74
100HW	14.75		-0.2		8	s2			Christchurch, NZL	Commonwealth Games	29 Jan 74
HJ	1.70				8				Christchurch, NZL	Commonwealth Games	2 Feb 74
SP4K	14.88				4				Christchurch, NZL	Commonwealth Games	27 Jan 74
PenW	4455				1				Christchurch, NZL	Commonwealth Games	25 Jan 74
1973 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100HW	13.5		1.1		4				Leipzig, GDR	Great Britain v GDR	1 Jul 73
HJ	1.70	i			17				Rotterdam, NED	European Indoor Championships	10 Mar 73
LJ	6.07	w			1				Crystal Palace	-	13 May 73
SP4K	15.88				3				Crystal Palace	Great Britain & Northern Ireland v Hungary	27 Aug 73
PenW	4429				1				Warley	WAAA Championships	27 May 73
1972 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
200	24.08		-0.6		4	P			Munich, GER	Olympic Games	3 Sep 72
50HW	7.16	i			5	s1			Grenoble, FRA	European Indoor Championships	11 Mar 72
50HW	7.17	i			4	h2			Grenoble, FRA	European Indoor Championships	11 Mar 72
100HW	13.1	w	4.1		1				Edinburgh	Highland Games	19 Aug 72
100HW	13.29		0.5		2	P2			Munich, GER	Olympic Games	2 Sep 72
100HW	DNS				-				Munich, GER	Olympic Games	4 Sep 72
HJ	1.82				1	P			Munich, GER	Olympic Games	2 Sep 72
HJ	1.78				1				Edinburgh	Highland Games	19 Aug 72
LJ	6.04		1.8		3	P			Crystal Palace	-	7 May 72
SP4K	16.26	i			1				Cosford	AAA & WAAA Championships	19 Feb 72
SP4K	16.20				1	P			Munich, GER	Olympic Games	2 Sep 72
SP4K	14.90	i			13				Grenoble, FRA	European Indoor Championships	11 Mar 72
PenW	4801				1				Munich, GER	Olympic Games	3 Sep 72
PenW	4630				1				Crystal Palace	-	7 May 72
1970 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
200	24.3				P				Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	24 Jul 70
50HW	7.0	i			1	h			Bucharest, ROM	RomIC	1 Mar 70
60HW	8.5	i			1				Cosford	AAA & WAAA Championships	31 Jan 70
60HW	8.5	ia			2	h1			Vienna, AUT	European Indoor Championships	14 Mar 70
60HW	8.7	ia			4	s1			Vienna, AUT	European Indoor Championships	14 Mar 70
100HW	13.6				P				Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	24 Jul 70
100HW	13.8		-0.3		5				Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	23 Jul 70
100HW	14.0				1				Crystal Palace	WAAA Championships	27 Jun 70
100HW	14.14		-1.2		2	h1			Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	22 Jul 70
HJ	1.66				P				Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	24 Jul 70
LJ	5.73				P				Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	24 Jul 70
SP4K	16.40	i			1				Bucharest, ROM	RomIC	28 Feb 70
SP4K	16.13				P				Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	24 Jul 70
SP4K	16.00				1	P			Ghent, BEL	Great Britain v Belgium v Netherlands	14 Jun 70
SP4K	15.93				1				Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	23 Jul 70
SP4K	15.70	i			8				Vienna, AUT	European Indoor Championships	15 Mar 70
SP4K	14.85				1				Crystal Palace	WAAA Championships	20 Jun 70
PenW	5148				1				Edinburgh	Commonwealth Games	24 Jul 70
1968 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
200	24.96	A			P				Mexico City, MEX	Olympic Games	16 Oct 68
80HW	11.10	A			P				Mexico City, MEX	Olympic Games	15 Oct 68
HJ	1.53	A			P				Mexico City, MEX	Olympic Games	15 Oct 68
LJ	5.60	A			P				Mexico City, MEX	Olympic Games	16 Oct 68
SP4K	15.75				1				Twickenham	-	21 Jul 68
SP4K	15.09	A			P				Mexico City, MEX	Olympic Games	15 Oct 68
PenW	4803	A			9				Mexico City, MEX	Olympic Games	16 Oct 68
PenW	4723				1				Crystal Palace	WAAA Combined Events Championships	10 Aug 68
1966 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
SP4K	16.31				1				Belfast (PP)	Inv	1 Jun 66
SP4K	16.30				2				Kingston, JAM	Commonwealth Games	6 Aug 66
SP4K	16.23				1				Dublin, IRL	-	16 Jul 66
SP4K	14.81				11				Budapest, HUN	European Championships	30 Aug 66
SP4K	14.56	i			7	q			Dortmund, GER	European Indoor Games	27 Mar 66
SPWNS	17.11	dh			1				Annotto Bay, JAM	-	30 Jul 66
SPWNS	16.62	dh			1				Belfast (R)	-	11 Jun 66
PenW	4625				1				Birmingham (Un)	WAAA Championships	28 May 66
1965 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
PenW	4413				1				Chiswick	WAAA Championships	29 May 65
1964 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
200	25.4				10	P			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	17 Oct 64
80HW	11.0				1				Belfast	-	6 Jun 64
80HW	11.0				P				Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	16 Oct 64
HJ	1.60				8	P			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	16 Oct 64
LJ	5.60				16	P			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	17 Oct 64
SP4K	14.48				P				Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	16 Oct 64
SP4K	14.46				14	Q			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	20 Oct 64
SP4K	14.22				1				London (WC)	WAAA Championships	4 Jul 64
PenW	4823				1				Belfast	-	19 Aug 64
PenW	4797				4				Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	17 Oct 64
1963 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
PenW	4385				1				Leamington	WAAA Championships	11 May 63
1962 SEN Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
80HW	11.3				5	P			Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	13 Sep 62
SP4K	13.31				4				Perth, AUS	Commonwealth Games	24 Nov 62
SP4K	13.15				12				Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	12 Sep 62
PenW	4586				5				Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	14 Sep 62
PenW	4190				1				Chiswick	WAAA Championships	12 May 62
1958 U20 Albert Foundry
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
HJ	1.47				12				Cardiff (AP)	Commonwealth Games	22 Jul 58
SP4K	11.21				8				Cardiff (AP)	Commonwealth Games	19 Jul 58

Total Performances: 77

Please see the Submit section for details of how to notify us of any missing performances.

Blog
None