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Mary Rand
Sign in to saveBritish track and field athlete and Olympic champion (1940-2026)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mary Rand is referenced by 327 other articles, and connects out to athletics, Irena Szewińska and hurdling.
It sits within the topics 1940 births, 2026 deaths and 20th-century English sportswomen.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Mary Mary
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1905-02-02
- Active to
- 1982-03-06
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 42
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Denise
- Family name
- Rand
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wells
- Place of death
- Reno
- Spouse
- Bill Toomey
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1960 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 61
- Image
- Mary Rand 1966.jpg
- Height
- 1.73
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1940-02-10
- Commons category
- Mary Rand
- sports discipline competed in
- long jump
- record held
- Women's long jump world record progression
- P12749
- irregular verb
- date of death
- 2026-03-26
- birth name
- Mary Denise Bignal
- name in native language
- Mary Rand
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athletics
Entity
Irena Szewińska
Entity
hurdling
Entity
Sheila Sherwood
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Tatyana Shchelkanova
Entity
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Entity
USA Track & Field
Entity
Joanne Wise
Entity
Triple jump world record progression
Entity
United Kingdom
Country
Rome
Entity
England
Entity
Tokyo
City
Soviet Union
Concept
Elizabeth II
Person
David Beckham
Person
The New York Times
Entity
2024 Summer Olympics
Concept
Lewis Hamilton
Person
The Guardian
Entity
Categories
1940 births2026 deaths20th-century English sportswomenAthletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth GamesAthletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth GamesBBC Sports Personality of the Year winnersBritish pentathletesBritish women hurdlersBritish women long jumpersBritish women triple jumpersCommonwealth Games gold medallists for EnglandCommonwealth Games gold medallists in athleticsCommonwealth Games silver medallists for EnglandCommonwealth Games silver medallists in athleticsEnglish Olympic competitorsEnglish women hurdlersEnglish women long jumpersEnglish women triple jumpersEuropean Athletics Championships medalistsMedalists at the 1964 Summer OlympicsMedallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth GamesMembers of the Order of the British Empire