Sport Athletics | Name Mary Lines | |
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Born 3 December 1893 London, United Kingdom Died December 1978 (aged 85)
Worthing, England Event(s) 60–800 m, long jump, high jump Personal best(s) 100 m – 12.8 (1922)
100 m – 26.7 (1922)
800 m – 2:25.8 (1922)
80 mH – 13.6 (1924)
LJ – 5.16 m (1924)
HJ – 1.422 m (1923) | ||
Mary Lines (later Smith, 3 December 1893 – December 1978) was a British athlete. She competed in the long jump and 60 m – 800 m running events at the 1921 Women's Olympiad, 1922 Women's Olympiad and the 1922 Women's World Games and won nine gold, two silver and one bronze medals.
Lines studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic and worked as a waitress. She retired from competitions in 1924, and married Mr. Smith, who died in 1946. In 1971 she moved from London to Worthing, together with her two unmarried sisters. She died in 1978 in a traffic accident, aged 85. She was rushing to post her Christmas mail and ran in front of a van.
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