Mary Leela Rao

Violet Peters
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Athletics
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing India
Asian Games

Last updated January 10, 2026

Mary Leela Rao (born 1940) is an Indian sprint athlete who participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics. She was an Olympic athlete from India.^[1] Rao could not complete the qualifying race for the 100 meters, and was eliminated from further competition.

She won a bronze medal in 4 × 100 m relay in the 1958 Asian Games.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
↑ "MEDAL WINNERS OF ASIAN GAMES". Athletics Federation of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
↑ "History". gnkhalsa.edu.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

External links

Mary Leela Rao at World Athletics

Mary Leela Rao at Olympedia
Official Olympic film documentary Video on YouTube @16:22
Mary Rao Bio, Stats and Results

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[1] "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[2] "MEDAL WINNERS OF ASIAN GAMES". Athletics Federation of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[3] "History". gnkhalsa.edu.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

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