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Mary Rand

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Rand is the 2,155th most popular athlete (up from 2,355th in 2019), the 5,466th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,795th in 2019) and the 88th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mary Rand ranks 2,155 out of 6,025. Before her are Manfred Klein, Dimitrie Popescu, Evelyne Hall, Valentyna Kozyr, Josef Ternström, and Sammy Lee. After her are Karl-Heinz Bußert, Billy Mills, Jennison Heaton, George Bonhag, Joyce King, and Harry Edward.

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Among people born in 1940, Mary Rand ranks 560. Before her are Larry Young, Phil Lesh, Edy Hubacher, Judy Cornwell, Alberto Fouilloux, and Ingrid Wendl. After her are Aytaç Yalman, Steve O'Rourke, Lamar Alexander, Austin Pendleton, David Gates, and Lucy Shapiro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Rand ranks 5,468 out of 8,785. Before her are Tony Curran (1969), Roger C. Field (1945), Dorothy Richardson (1873), Juno Temple (1989), Maurice Norman (1934), and Richie Faulkner (1980). After her are Annie Speirs (1889), Angela Mortimer (1932), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), David Marshall (1985), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), and Gemma Chan (1982).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Mary Rand ranks 88. Before her are Janet Simpson (1944), Fiona May (1969), Mary Peters (1939), George Hutson (1889), Dorothy Shirley (1939), and Sandra Chick (1947). After her are David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), Douglas Lowe (1902), Gerald Logan (1879), Steve Ovett (1955), Ann Packer (1942), and Maureen Gardner (1928).

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