| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Athletics | ||
 | 1964 Tokyo | 200 metres |
Marilyn Mary Black (born 20 May 1944 in New South Wales, Australia) is a former Olympic Australian sprinter, who after her marriage to fellow Australian sprinter Peter Vassella became known as Marilyn Vassella. [1] Black was educated at Fort Street High School in Sydney. She was a primary school teacher at Dulwich Hill primary school for two years in 1963/64.
Black first received attention at the age of seventeen, when she won the 100 yards race in the New South Wales championships. In 1963 she won the 4 x 100 yards event with the NSW relay team. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres event. [2]
Her pbs were 11.4 in the 100m
And 23.18 for the 200m which she ran in the Tokyo Olympics.
