*1940 GB, Wells, Somerset
A.k.a. Mary Denise Rand, MBE
Mary Denise Rand, MBE, (née Bignal on 10 February 1940) is a former English 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. She remains the only Great Britain female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.
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