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Date of Birth
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10-February-1940
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Place of Birth
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Wells, Somerset
(United Kingdom, England, Mendip)
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Nationality
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Also know as
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Mary Denise Rand, Mary Bignal, Mary Denise Bignal-Rand
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Profession
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Athlete
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Mary Denise Rand, MBE, is a former English track and field athlete. She won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, becoming the first-ever British female to win an Olympic gold medal in a track and field event. She remains the only Great Britain female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.
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