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Nationality | Malaysian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia | 29 June 1967|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Josephine Mary Singarayar (born 29 June 1967) is a Malaysian sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1]
Mary Teresa Slaney is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and was the world-record holder in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters. In total, she set 17 official and unofficial world records, and she was the first woman to break 4:20 for the mile. She also set 36 U.S. national records at distances ranging from 800 meters to 10,000 meters, and has held the U.S. record in the 2000 meters and 3000 meters since the early 1980s, while her 1500 meters record stood for 32 years and her mile record stood for 38 years. In 2003, she was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
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Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. In 1981 she bettered her own existing world records in the 100-meter butterfly (57.93) and 200-meter butterfly (2:05.96). These times would stand as the respective world records for 18 and 19 years, respectively, and are considered to be among the greatest sports performances ever.
Anna Josephine Lawrence is a former field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Ian Scott Waltz is an American discus thrower. He is originally from Post Falls, Idaho and attended Washington State University. Waltz competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. His personal best distance is 68.91 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Salinas, California.
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