- Anna Pazera
Anna Pazera (born 25 November 1936 in
Krzanowice ,Racibórz ,Śląskie ) is a retiredAustralia n athlete who was specialised in thejavelin throw .She was born as Anna Wojtaszek and competed for
Poland at the1956 Olympic Games inMelbourne . After the Games, she emigrated toSouth Australia , becoming Anna Pazera through marriage.Pazera represented Australia at the
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games inCardiff and threw a world record of 57.40 metres to win gold, breakingDana Zátopková 's recent mark by a metre and a half.Her best Olympic performance was in 1960, when she placed sixth in the final of the Rome Games.
Remarried and known as Anna Bocson for the latter part of her career, she retired from sport after the 1968 Australian Championships.
References
* [http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete13.htm Profile]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/anna-wojtaszek-pazera-1.html sports-reference]ee also
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Australian athletics champions (Women)
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