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Mary Rand
British track and field athlete and Olympic champion
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dead
- born
- 1940
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 86
- known for
- athletics competitor
1940 – 2026
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who mary rand is
Mary Denise Rand was an English athlete who excelled at jumping, hurdles and the pentathlon. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics. Until 2024, Rand was the only British female athlete to win three medals in a single Olympics.
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