Marian Needham

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Marian Needham
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1941-09-09) 9 September 1941 (age 84)
Rutland, England
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
Long jump
Club Walton AC

Marian I. Needham also spelt Marion Needham (born 9 September 1941), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Needham represented England [1] in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [2] [3]

Needham finished second behind Mary Bignal in the long jump event at the 1959 WAAA Championships [4] [5] and was second again, this time behind Ann Packer at the 1960 WAAA Championships. [6]

Needham, a shorthand typist at the time, informed the British Olympic selectors that she was unavailable for selection for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome because she did not want to leave her fiancée. [7] She married Clive Jones the following year and competed under her married name thereafter. [8]

She later coached at Feltham Middlesex AC.

References

  1. ↑ "Marion jumps into Games" . Daily Mirror. 12 June 1958. p. 20. Retrieved 28 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "Three girl athletes share six titles" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 5 July 1959. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Romance" . Daily News (London). 3 February 1960. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Marriages". Free BMD. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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