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Mary Rand and Television Wales and the West bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque
Mary Rand and Television Wales and the West bronze plaque
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This bronze commemorative plaque records: This represents the world record ladies long jump made by Mary Bignal Rand, a native of this city, to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 it is 22' 2 1/4" long and is placed here in admiration of her achievement Presented by TWW Recorded plaque organisation: Television Wales and the West.
Mary Rand was a British athlete who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the first British woman to win an athletics gold medal; this plaque commemorates her world record-setting jump.

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