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| Nationality |  England |
| Born | 9 September 1941 Rutland |
Marian I Needham (born 1941), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Youngest person at the time to have been selected to represent England in a major championship.
She represented England in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [1] [2]
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