Margaret Beacham

Margaret Beacham
Personal information
Born (1946-09-28) September 28, 1946 (age 78)
Sport
SportMiddle-distance running
Event1500 metres

Margaret Beacham (née Moir; born 28 September 1946) is a British female former middle-distance runner. Her greatest achievement was a gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where she held off Soviet athlete Lyudmila Bragina (Olympic champion a year later) to set a world indoor best of 4:17.2 minutes.[1][2]

At national level, she first came to prominence with a runner-up finish in the mile run at the 1967 AAA Indoor Championships. She was runner-up again over 1500 m in 1970 before going on to win the national title in 1971, as well as an 800 metres title in 1971.[3] She was twice a winner at the South of England Championships, taking the 1970 800 m title and 1500 m title in 1972.[4]

Granddaughter of Gunner Moir, British Heavyweight Boxing Champion, who fought for the World title against Canadian Tommy Burns in 1907.

  1. ^ Margaret Beacham. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  2. ^ Margaret Beacham. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. ^ AAA Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  4. ^ South of England Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.