Mary Rand

Mary Rand
MBE
Rand in 1966
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
BornMary Denise Bignal
(1940-02-10) 10 February 1940
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
pentathlon, long jump, high jump
ClubLondon Olympiades
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Long jump
1964 Tokyo Pentathlon
1964 Tokyo 4×100 m
European Championships
1962 Belgrade Long jump
1962 Belgrade 4×100 m
Representing  England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1966 Kingston Long jump
1958 Cardiff Long jump

Mary Denise Rand, MBE (née Bignal; born 10 February 1940) is a British former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. Until Emma Finucane in 2024, she was the only British female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.