Mary Rand

Mary Rand
MBE
Rand in 1966
Personal information
Birth nameMary Denise Bignal
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1940-02-10) 10 February 1940
Wells, Somerset, England
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)pentathlon, long jump, high jump
ClubLondon Olympiades AC
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoLong jump
1964 TokyoPentathlon
1964 Tokyo4 × 100 m relay
European Championships
1962 BelgradeLong jump
1962 Belgrade4 × 100 m relay
Representing  England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1966 KingstonLong jump
1958 CardiffLong jump

Mary Denise Rand, MBE (née Bignal; born 10 February 1940) is a British former track and field athlete. 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 track and field. Until Emma Finucane in 2024, she was the only British female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.

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