Club: London Olympiades Gender: Female Age Group: V80 County: Middlesex Region: London Nation: England

Lead Coach: Unknown Previous Lead: John Le Masurier 1964-1964

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The original “Golden Girl of British athletics”, Britain’s first woman to win an Olympic title and up there with Daley Thompson as the most talented British athlete in history. Mary made her senior debut at age 17 and whilst still a teenager was top world class in Hurdles, Long Jump and Pentathlon. Good enough to have won the Olympic Long Jump gold in 1960 she was second only to the controversial Irina Press as the World’s top all rounder for five years (1959-64) –without even training for the Shot! She won the first of five European medals in 1962 just four months after giving birth to a daughter. Never quite had the same passion after her triple medal success in Tokyo although if the women’s sprint hurdles had moved to the 100m distance before 1968 she might well have challenged the best in that event in Mexico.

Best known performances

Event PB 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Event 2008 2007 2006 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 60 7.4i 60 7.4i 100 11.7 100 11.7 11.7 11.7i 200 24.0/23.6w 200 24.0/23.6w 24.2 400 56.5 400 56.5 80HW 10.84/10.8 80HW 10.84 10.8 10.8 11.19 11.0 100HW 14.1 100HW 14.1 100HU18W 13.4/13.3w 100HU18W 13.7 13.4 13.3w HJ 1.72 HJ 1.65i 1.72 1.68 1.67 LJ 6.76 LJ 6.45 6.53i 6.40 6.76 6.44 6.22/6.29w 6.11 6.33/6.39w 6.20/6.30w 5.97 Event PB 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Event 2008 2007 2006 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 TJ 12.22w TJ 12.22w SP4K 12.25 SP4K 12.25 12.25 11.05 PenW 5035 PenW 4711 4785 5035 4726 4641 4679 4466

Performances	Submit
1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Default Date (Latest first) Date (Earliest first) Event Position Age Graded Points

1968 SEN London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100	11.7				1h1				Prague, CZE	-	4 Jul 68
SP4K	12.25				1				Southampton	Ryder	29 Jun 68
1967 SEN London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
200	23.6	wA	2.1		4				Mexico City, MEX	Pre-Olympic Games Meeting	18 Oct 67
200	24.0	A			4h2				Mexico City, MEX	Pre-Olympic Games Meeting	17 Oct 67
400	56.5	y			1				Cape Town, RSA	-	27 Mar 67
80HW	10.84	A			1				Mexico City, MEX	Pre-Olympic Games Meeting	19 Oct 67
100HW	14.1		-1.5		1				London (WC)	International Meeting	28 Aug 67
LJ	6.45				1				Los Angeles CA, USA	Commonwealth v USA	9 Jul 67
LJ	6.45				1				Szczecin, POL	International Match	3 Aug 67
LJ	6.38				1				Budapest, HUN	Great Britain v Hungary	30 Jul 67
SP4K	12.25				4				Benoni, RSA	-	11 Mar 67
1966 SEN London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
60	7.4	i			3				Dortmund, GER	European Indoor Games	27 Mar 66
60	7.4	i			2	s1			Dortmund, GER	European Indoor Games	27 Mar 66
60	7.5	i			2	h1			Dortmund, GER	European Indoor Games	27 Mar 66
100HU18W	13.7				1				London (WC)	WAAA Championships	1 Jul 66
HJ	1.65	i			3=				Dortmund, GER	European Indoor Games	27 Mar 66
HJ	1.62				8				Kingston, JAM	Commonwealth Games	8 Aug 66
LJ	6.53	i			2				Dortmund, GER	European Indoor Games	27 Mar 66
LJ	6.44	w			1				Chiswick	-	4 Jun 66
LJ	6.42		-2.6		2				London (WC)	Great Britain v USSR	17 Jun 66
LJ	6.39	A			1				Pretoria, RSA	-	6 Apr 66
LJ	6.37				1				Los Angeles CA, USA	-	24 Jul 66
LJ	6.36		0.0		1				Kingston, JAM	Commonwealth Games	13 Aug 66
LJ	6.32	i			2	q			Dortmund, GER	European Indoor Games	27 Mar 66
LJ	6.16				11				Budapest, HUN	European Championships	3 Sep 66
LJ	6.15				8	Q			Budapest, HUN	European Championships	2 Sep 66
PenW	4711				4				Budapest, HUN	European Championships	1 Sep 66
PenW	4660				2				Beverwijk, NED	-	17 Jul 66
1965 SEN London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100HU18W	13.4				1				Toronto, CAN	-	10 Jun 65
LJ	6.40				1				London (WC)	WAAA Championships	3 Jul 65
LJ	6.35	i			1				Los Angeles CA, USA	-	13 Feb 65
PenW	4785				1				East Berlin, GDR	England v GDR	5 Sep 65
PenW	4684				1				Welwyn	-	24 Jul 65
1964 SEN London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100y	10.6		0.4		1	s2			London (WC)	WAAA Championships	4 Jul 64
100	11.7		0.0		2				London (WC)	Invitational Meeting	3 Aug 64
200	24.2				1	P			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	17 Oct 64
80HW	10.8		1.1		1				London (WC)	Invitational Meeting	3 Aug 64
80HW	10.9				P				Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	16 Oct 64
HJ	1.72				1	P			Brussels, BEL	Great Britain v Belgium v Netherlands	20 Jun 64
HJ	1.72				1	P			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	16 Oct 64
LJ	6.76		-1.6		1				Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	14 Oct 64
LJ	6.74				1				Osaka, JPN	ComvJPN,USA	25 Oct 64
LJ	6.70	w	4.0		1				Portsmouth	Great Britain v Rest	26 Sep 64
LJ	6.58		0.3		1				London (WC)	WAAA Championships	4 Jul 64
LJ	6.57				1				London (WC)	Great Britain v Poland	15 Aug 64
LJ	6.55				1				London (WC)	Great Britain v France	12 Sep 64
LJ	6.55		-0.1		1	P			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	17 Oct 64
LJ	6.52		0.9		1	q			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	14 Oct 64
LJ	6.49		0.4		-				Portsmouth	Great Britain v Rest	26 Sep 64
LJ	6.47				1				Enschede, NED	Great Britain v Netherlands	6 Sep 64
LJ	6.42				1				Hagen, GER	-	31 May 64
LJ	6.41				1				Oxford	-	13 Jun 64
LJ	6.41				1				Bracknell	-	22 Aug 64
SP4K	11.05				P				Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	16 Oct 64
PenW	5035				2				Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	17 Oct 64
PenW	4847	dh			1				Street	-	9 May 64
PenW	4815				1				Brussels, BEL	Great Britain v Belgium v Netherlands	21 Jun 64
1963 SEN London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100	11.7	i			2				Berlin, GER	-	30 Jun 63
220y	24.2				1				Chiswick	SEAA Championships	8 Jun 63
80HW	10.8				2				Volgograd, USSR	Great Britain v USSR	29 Sep 63
100HU18W	13.3	w			1				London (WC)	Great Britain v Federal Republic of Germany	23 Aug 63
LJ	6.44				1				London (WC)	Great Britain v USA	5 Aug 63
LJ	6.39				1				London (WC)	Great Britain v Netherlands v Sweden	14 Sep 63
LJ	6.38				1				Tokyo, JPN	Pre-Olympic Games Meeting	14 Oct 63
LJ	6.36				1				London (WC)	Great Britain v Federal Republic of Germany	24 Aug 63
LJ	6.35				6	P			Hurlingham	SEAA Championships	13 Jul 63
LJ	6.35				1				Volgograd, USSR	Great Britain v USSR	28 Sep 63
LJ	6.33				2				Kurayoshi, JPN	-	19 Oct 63
LJ	6.32				1				Budapest, HUN	Great Britain v Hungary	3 Oct 63
LJ	5.91				1				London (WC)	WAAA Championships	6 Jul 63
PenW	4726				1				London (WC)	Great Britain v Federal Republic of Germany	24 Aug 63
PenW	4712				1				Hurlingham	SEAA Championships	13 Jul 63
1962 U23 London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
LJ	6.29	w			2	Q			Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	14 Sep 62
LJ	6.22				3				Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	15 Sep 62
1961 U23 London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
LJ	6.11				1				Oxford	-	10 Jun 61
LJ	5.95				1				London (WC)	WAAA Championships	8 Jul 61
1960 U23 London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
80HW	11.19		-0.9		2	s1			Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	31 Aug 60
80HW	11.22		0.0		4				Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	1 Sep 60
80HW	11.40		-0.5		1	h2			Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	31 Aug 60
LJ	6.39	w			1				Warsaw, POL	Great Britain V Warsaw	17 Sep 60
LJ	6.33				1	q			Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	31 Aug 60
LJ	6.32	w			1				East Berlin, GDR	Great Britain v GDR	16 Oct 60
LJ	6.27				1				Chiswick	Norrkoping Trophy	14 May 60
LJ	6.01				9				Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	31 Aug 60
PenW	4641				1				Amsterdam, NED	Great Britain v Netherlands/Belgium	26 Jun 60
PenW	4568				1				Birmingham (Un)	WAAA Championships	4 Jun 60
1959 U20 London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
80HW	11.0				1				Moscow, USSR	Great Britain v USSR	6 Sep 59
80HW	11.3				1				Motspur Park	WAAA Championships	4 Jul 59
HJ	1.68				1				Chiswick	-	9 May 59
LJ	6.30	w			1				London (Ch)	SC	6 Jun 59
LJ	6.20				1				London (WC)	vFRG	1 Aug 59
LJ	6.15				1				Moscow, USSR	Great Britain v USSR	6 Sep 59
LJ	6.04				1				Motspur Park	WAAA Championships	4 Jul 59
TJ	12.22	wdh?			1ex				Street	-	18 Jun 59
PenW	4679				1				Wolverhampton	WAAA Championships	8 Aug 59
PenW	4516				1				Hurlingham	Great Britain v Netherlands/Belgium	22 Aug 59
1958 U20 London Olympiades
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
HJ	1.67				1				Paris, FRA	Great Britain v France	14 Sep 58
HJ	1.65				1				Motspur Park	WAAA Championships	7 Jun 58
HJ	1.63				5				Cardiff (AP)	Commonwealth Games	22 Jul 58
LJ	5.97				2				Cardiff (AP)	Commonwealth Games	26 Jul 58
PenW	4466				7				Stockholm, SWE	European Championships	21 Aug 58
PenW	4282				1				Alperton	SEAA Championships	14 Jun 58

Total Performances: 102

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