Norma Wilson

Norma Wilson (11 December 1909 – 10 July 2000) was a New Zealand athlete who represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics at London.

She was a sprinter, and reached third in the semifinal in the 100m race. She told the “stuffed shirt” officials when she returned that New Zealand needed a cinder track. She also refused to run in a Basin Reserve appearance unless she could wear shorts, and in no time, all the girls were wearing shorts.

She married Ted Morgan a New Zealand boxer at the same Olympics in 1933, but later divorced him. She then married Rangi Marsh, a jockey and lived in Hastings.

External links

• Profile at NZOC website
• Sports Reference website

References

• Our Olympic Century by Joseph Romanos pages 40–41 (2008, Trio Books, Wellington) ISBN 9780958283989

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Name	Wilson, Norma
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Date of birth	11 December 1909
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Date of death	10 July 2000
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