- Marjorie Clark
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Medal record Women's athletics Olympic Games Bronze 1932 Los Angeles 80 m hurdles British Empire Games Gold 1934 London 80 m hurdles Gold 1934 London High jump Marjorie Rees Clark (later Smith, born November 6, 1909, date of death unknown) was a South African former track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics andin the 1932 Summer Olympics.
She was born in Bulwer, KwaZulu-Natal[1] and competed for the Albion Ladies Athletic Club.[1]
In 1928 she finished fifth in the Olympic high jump event. She also participated in the 100 metres competition but was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Four years later she won the bronze medal in the 80 metre hurdles contest at the 1932 Olympics. In the 1932 high jump event she finished fifth again and in the 100 metres competition but was eliminated in the first round.
At the 1934 Empire Games she won the gold medal in the 80 metre hurdles contest as well as in the high jump event. As a member of the South African relay team she finished fourth in the 110-220-110 yards competition. In the 100 yards contest and in the 220 yards event she was eliminated in the first round.
References
1934 – 1966: 80 metre hurdles • 1970 – present: 100 metre hurdles 1934: Marjorie Clark (SAF) • 1938: Barbara Burke (SAF) • 1950: Shirley Strickland (AUS) • 1954: Edna Maskell (RHO) • 1958: Norma Thrower (AUS) • 1962 – 1966 – 1970: Pam Kilborn (AUS) • 1974: Judy Vernon (ENG) • 1978: Lorna Boothe (ENG) • 1982: Shirley Strong (ENG) • 1986: Sally Gunnell (ENG) • 1990: Kay Morley (WAL) • 1994: Michelle Freeman (JAM) • 1998: Gillian Russell (JAM) • 2002: Lacena Golding-Clarke (JAM) • 2006: Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) • 2010: Sally Pearson (AUS)
Commonwealth Champions in Women's High Jump 1934: Marjorie Clark (SAF) · 1938–50: Dorothy Tyler-Odam (ENG) · 1954: Thelma Hopkins (NIR) · 1958: Michele Brown (AUS) · 1962: Robyn Woodhouse (AUS) · 1966: Michele Brown (AUS) · 1970: Debbie Brill (CAN) · 1974: Barbara Lawton (ENG) · 1978: Katrina Gibbs (AUS) · 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN) · 1986: Christine Stanton (AUS) · 1990: Tania Murray (NZL) · 1994: Alison Inverarity (AUS) · 1998–2002: Hestrie Cloete (RSA) · 2006: Anika Smit (RSA) · 2010: Nicole Forrester (CAN)
Categories:- 1909 births
- South African sprinters
- South African hurdlers
- South African high jumpers
- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- People from KwaZulu-Natal
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- South African athletics biography stubs
- African Olympic medalist stubs
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