Mary Milne (athlete)

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

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

Athletics career

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

Mary Milne married Leonard Dumbrill in 1935.

References

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


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