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Mary Milne (athlete)

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Mary Milne
Personal information
Nationality England
Born23 July 1914
London
Died23 June 2014 (aged 99)
Streatham

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

Athletics career

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She competed for England in the high jump at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.[1]

Milne was a three times AAA outdoor champion[2] (in 1932, 1933 and 1935) and 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 Margaret Bergmann of Germany respectively).

Personal life

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Mary Milne married Leonard Dumbrill in 1935.

References

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  1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "British Champions". GBR Athletics.