Mary Berkeley

Mary Berkeley

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1965-10-03) 3 October 1965 (age 59) Thornton Heath, Greater London, England
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	long jump
Club	Croydon Harriers
Medal record Athletics Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh long jump

Mary Andray Berkeley (married name Berkeley-Agyepong; born 3 October 1965) is an English retired long jumper who represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Berkeley finished third behind Joyce Oladapo in the long jump event at the 1985 WAAA Championships. ^[2]

Berkeley British long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1985 WAAA Championships ^[3] and shortly afterwards represented England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, winning a silver medal. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Berkely retained her WAAA title at the 1987 WAAA Championships. ^{[7] [8]} She represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Her personal best jump was 6.63 metres (21.8 ft), achieved in June 1989 in Basildon. ^[12] She married Francis Agyepong (a former triple jumper) and became Mary Berkeley-Agyepong. ^[13]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	15th	Long jump	6.39 m
	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	2nd	Long jump	6.40 m
1987	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	7th	100 m	11.53 s
			10th (q)	Long jump	6.20 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	29th (q)	Long jump	5.04 m
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	6th	Long jump	6.33 m
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	15th (q)	Long jump	6.04 m (w)
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	7th	Long jump	6.33 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	14th (q)	Long jump	6.27 m
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	5th	Triple jump	13.36 m

References

1. "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. "Athletics" . Sunday Express. 28 July 1985. Retrieved 20 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
4. "Edinburgh 1986 Team". Team England. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
5. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
6. "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
7. "Athletics" . Sunday Express. 26 July 1987. Retrieved 21 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
9. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
10. "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
11. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
12. World women's all-time best long jump (updated 2001)
13. Mary Berkeley. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-06-19.