Personal information | |
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Full name | Maree Anne Holland |
Born | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia [1] | 25 July 1963
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 200 m, 400 m |
Club | Western Suburbs AAC |
Maree Anne Holland (born 25 July 1963 in Parramatta) is a retired Australian sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. [2] She represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing eighth in the final. She also competed at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and 1990 Commonwealth Games finishing fourth on both occasions.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Australia | |||||
1985 | Pacific Conference Games | Berkeley, United States | 2nd | 200 m | 23.59 |
2nd | 400 m | 45.00 | |||
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 3:33.40 | |||
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.40 | |||
World Cup | Canberra, Australia | 6th | 200 m | 23.71 1 | |
– | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ 1 | |||
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.93 1 | |||
1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 5th | 200 m | 23.64 |
6th | 400 m | 52.08 | |||
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.86 | |||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 8th | 400 m | 51.25 |
– | 4 × 400 m relay | DNF | |||
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 400 m | 52.17 |
World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.72 1 | |
1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 4th | 400 m | 52.01 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.74 | |||
1992 | World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.48 |
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