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| Full name | Mary Beatrice Klass | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Singaporean | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Mary Beatrice Klass (born 16 May 1935) is a Singaporean former sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics. [1] Klass won a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1954 Asian Games. She is a Eurasian of Dutch and Portuguese descent. [2] In 2016, Klass was inducted to the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. [2]
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