Tributes Pour in for Mary Rand, Trailblazing British Olympic Champion Who Died at 86
Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic track-and-field gold medal, has died at the age of 86, with tributes remembering her as a trailblazing Olympic champion described as 'Marilyn Monroe on spikes' who even captured Mick Jagger's eye.
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Mary Rand - the trailblazing Olympic champion who captured Mick Jagger's eye
Mary Rand, the first British woman to win athletics gold at the Olympics, was described as "Marilyn Monroe on spikes".
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Read full article →Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic track-and-field gold medal, dies at 86
Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic track-and-field gold medal, has died. In a post on X, UK Athletics said Friday it was “saddened to hear of the death of Olympic, European and Commonwealth champion Mary Rand." Rand claimed the long jump title at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, breaking the British and Olympic records with her first attempt of 6.59 meters and going on to smash the-then world record with a leap of 6.76.
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