Mary Stewart (athlete)
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  England
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1978 Edmonton | 1500m |
| European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
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1977 San Sebastián | 1500 m |
Mary Stewart (Cotton), (born 25 February 1956 in Birmingham)[1] is a female retired middle distance runner who represented Great Britain, England and Scotland.
Athletics career
[edit]A member of the Birchfield Harriers, she competed in the 1500 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, finishing in fourth place in her semi-final race and just failing to qualify for the final. She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1977 European Indoor Championship in San Sebastián. She represented England and won a gold medal in the 1,500 metres event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2][3][1]
Personal life
[edit]She is the younger sister of the Scottish athletes Ian Stewart and Peter Stewart, the family having moved from Musselburgh to Birmingham, England in 1948.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mary Stewart at sports reference.com". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "a sporting nation". BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
Commonwealth Games champions in women's 1500 metres | |
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- Living people
- 1956 births
- Athletes from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- English female middle-distance runners
- British female middle-distance runners
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- English people of Scottish descent
- 20th-century English sportswomen