Margaret Ann Burvill (2 October 1941 – 28 February 2009[1]) was an athlete who twice set world 220 yard (201.17 m) running records, both at Perry Lakes Stadium in her home town of Perth, Western Australia.
The first was at the Australian National Athletics Championships on 12 January 1963 in a time of 23.2 seconds the second was during the Western Australian Athletics titles on 22 February 1964 in 22.9 seconds.[2][3] In 1967 she married Olympic hopeful sculler Ian Edwards.
References
edit- ^ Mendez, Torrance (16 March 2009). "Como Comet set pace for women sprinters". The West Australian. p. 41.
- ^ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. p. 641. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Ray (15 December 2007). "One last hurrah for our tattered queen of sport". The West Australian. p. 150.
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