Mary D'Souza Sequeira
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Dhyan Chand Award to Ms. Mary D’souza Sequeira for Athletics, at the National Sports & Adventure awards ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on 31 August 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mary D'Souza Sequeira | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Employer | Indian Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mary D'Souza Sequeira (born 18 July 1931) is an Indian female Olympian who competed internationally in track and field and field hockey. She competed in the women's 100 and 200 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics. D'Souza won a bronze medal in the 200 metres and a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1951 Asian Games
D'Souza won a gold medal in the 1954 Asian Games in Manila in the 4 × 100 m relay, with Stephie D'Souza, Violet Peters and Christine Brown in a time of 49.5 seconds. She held the Asian records in 100 and 200 meters in 1956. She is the first Indian double international. She played field hockey for India in 1953 in Folkestone, England, in 1956 in Australia, in the IWFHA International Tournament and in test matches vs Japan and Ceylon.