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Mary Rand, Pioneering Track and Field Olympian, Dies at 86
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Mary Rand, Pioneering Track and Field Olympian, Dies at 86

April 4, 2026
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Mary Rand, who at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics became the first British woman to win a gold medal in track and field, setting a world record in the long jump and embodying the glamour, freedom and optimism of the Swinging Sixties, died on March 26 in Reno, Nev. She was 86. Her death, in an []

Mary Rand, Pioneering Track and Field Olympian, Dies at 86
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