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Marilyn Black

1944 - Today

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Marilyn Mary Black (born 20 May 1944 in New South Wales, Australia) is a former Olympic Australian sprinter, who after her marriage to fellow Australian sprinter Peter Vassella became known as Marilyn Vassella. Black was educated at Fort Street High School in Sydney. She was a primary school teacher at Dulwich Hill primary school for two years in 1963/64. Black first received attention at the age of seventeen, when she won the 100 yards race in the New South Wales championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marilyn Black is the 2,122nd most popular athlete (down from 1,806th in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from Australia (down from 342nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marilyn Black ranks 2,122 out of 6,025. Before her are Meredith Colket, Dorothy Shirley, Shinji Hosokawa, Zdravko Hebel, Nobutaka Taguchi, and Peter-Michael Kolbe. After her are Ryszard Parulski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Vladimir Ivanov, Mihály Mayer, Hadi Choopan, and Valentina Sidorova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Marilyn Black ranks 671. Before her are Leopoldo Vallejos, Reinhold Bachler, Jack Casady, Euphrase Kezilahabi, Woody Shaw, and Svetlana Krachevskaya. After her are Carl Pomerance, Seija Simola, José Urruzmendi, Aleksandr Lenyov, Krystyna Kuperberg, and Jeffrey A. Hoffman.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Marilyn Black ranks 387 out of 1,143. Before her are Pam Kilborn (1939), Aurelio Vidmar (1967), Danny Vukovic (1985), Patty Mills (1988), Mervyn Wood (1917), and Leigh Whannell (1977). After her are Laura Robson (1994), Courtney Eaton (1996), Gina Rinehart (1954), Liam McIntyre (1982), Claudia Black (1972), and Cathy Freeman (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Marilyn Black ranks 30. Before her are Ralph Doubell (1945), Jenny Lamy (1949), Lorraine Crapp (1938), Colt Walker (null), Pam Kilborn (1939), and Mervyn Wood (1917). After her are Cathy Freeman (1973), Joyce King (1920), Herb Elliott (1938), Lisa Martin (1960), Michael Wenden (1949), and John Landy (1930).

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