Mary Rand

Mary Rand
MBE

Rand in 1966
Personal information
Birth name	Mary Denise Bignal
Nationality	English
Born	(1940-02-10) 10 February 1940 (age 84) Wells, Somerset, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sprint
Club	London Olympiades
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Long jump 1964 Tokyo Pentathlon 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m relay European Championships 1962 Belgrade Long jump 1962 Belgrade 4×100 m relay Representing  England British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston Long jump 1958 Cardiff Long jump

Mary Denise Rand, MBE (née Bignal; born 10 February 1940) is a British former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. Until Emma Finucane in 2024, she was the only British female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.