Iris Mouzer

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Iris Mouzer
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1937-07-24) 24 July 1937 (age 88)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
Shot put
Club Birchfield Harriers

Iris Jane Mouzer (born 1937), is a female former athlete who competed for England. [1]

Biography

Mouzer finished third behind Suzanne Allday in the shot put event at the 1958 WAAA Championships [2] and improved to second behind Allday at the 1960 WAAA Championships [3] and 1961 WAAA Championships. [4] [5]

Shortly afterwards she represented England [6] in the shot put at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [7] [8] She was a post office worker at the time of the Games. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Three Midland Girls in Empire Games team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 11 June 1958. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "England's Girl Athletes Can Hold Australians" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 8 June 1958. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Britain find a stand-in for Carole - From Australia" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 9 July 1961. Retrieved 22 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Marion jumps into Games" . Daily Mirror. 12 June 1958. p. 20. Retrieved 28 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
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