Mary Rand, first British woman to win athletics Olympic gold, dies aged 86 as tributes pour in
The first British woman to win Olympic gold in athletics has died at the age of 86 as tributes to the her have poured in. Mary Rand, the track and field trailblazer, won three Olympic gold medals in the 1964 Tokyo games. Her long jump victory in the Japanese capital made her Britain s first female Olympic gold medal winner in athletics. 6m headwind on a rain soaked track, leaping 6. 76m on her fifth attempt to break the world record and claim gold as the first British woman
The first British woman to win Olympic gold in athletics has died at the age of 86 as tributes to the her have poured in. Mary Rand, the track and field trailblazer, won three Olympic gold medals in the 1964 Tokyo games. Her long jump victory in the Japanese capital made her Britain s first female Olympic gold medal winner in athletics. 6m headwind on a rain soaked track, leaping 6. 76m on her fifth attempt to break the world record and claim gold as the first British woman
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