Mary Rand 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 track and field.
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Mary Rand 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 track and field.
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Mary Rand remains the only Great Britain female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.
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Mary Rand excelled in all sports and won All-England Schools' titles.
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Mary Rand was outstanding at high jump, long jump and hurdles.
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At 17, Rand set a British record of 4046 points in the pentathlon.
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Mary Rand won a silver medal in the 1958 Commonwealth Games long jump and came fifth in the high jump.
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Mary Rand won a bronze medal in the European championship long jump in 1962.
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Mary Rand's record lasted four years until it was broken at altitude by Viorica Viscopoleanu in the subsequent Olympics.
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Mary Rand won silver medal in the pentathlon, her 5035 points putting her second in the all-time rankings.
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Mary Rand won a bronze as a member of the Great Britain team that finished third in the 4×100 metres relay.
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Six days after Mary Rand won the gold medal, her roommate Ann Packer won the 800 metres.
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Mary Rand was as good as athletes get, there has never been anything like her since.
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Mary Rand was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1965 New Year Honours for services to athletics and voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 1964.
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Mary Rand held the world record in the triple jump from 1959 to 1981; it was unofficial as a world record in the women's triple jump was not recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations until 1990.
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Mary Rand was succeeded as Golden Girl of British athletics by her friend and London Olympiades club-mate, Lillian Board.
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In 2009, Mary Rand was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Mary Rand later married John Reese and lives with him in Atascadero, California, in the United States.
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