Mary Milne (athlete)

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Mary Milne
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born23 July 1914
London, England
Died23 June 2014 (aged 99)
Streatham, London, England
Sport
Sport Athletics
Eventhigh jump
ClubMitcham AC

Mary Milne (1914-2014) married name Dumbrill, was a female athlete who competed for England.

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Biography

Milne became the national high jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1932 WAAA Championships. [1] The following year she retained her WAAA title at the 1933 WAAA Championships. [2]

She competed for England in the high jump at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. [3]

Milne won her third WAAA title at the 1935 WAAA Championships and was the highest British athlete on a further two occasions (in 1930 and 1934, the winners of those two championships being Carolina Gisolf of the Netherlands and Gretel Bergmann of Germany respectively. [4]

Personal life

Mary Milne married Leonard Dumbrill in 1935.

References

  1. ↑ "Sprinters' break world records in successive heats" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 10 July 1932. Retrieved 24 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
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