Mary Lines

Mary Lines

Lines in 1921
Personal information
Born 3 December 1893[1]
London, United Kingdom[2]
Died December 1978 (aged 85)
Worthing, England
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 60–800 m, long jump, high jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m – 12.8 (1922)
200 m – 26.7 (1922)
800 m – 2:25.8 (1922)
80 mH – 13.6 (1924)
LJ – 5.16 m (1924)
HJ – 1.422 m (1923)[1]
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Women's World Games
1921 Monte Carlo Long jump
1921 Monte Carlo 60 m
1921 Monte Carlo 250 m
1921 Monte Carlo 800 m
1922 Paris Long jump
1922 Paris 300 m
1922 Paris 4×110 yd
1922 Paris 60 m
1922 Paris 100 yd

Mary Lines (later Smith, 3 December 1893 – December 1978)[3] was a British athlete. She competed in the long jump and 60 m – 800 m running events at the 1921 and 1922 Women's World Games and won six gold, two silver and one bronze medals.[4]

Lines studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic and worked as a waitress.[2] She retired from competitions in 1924, and married Mr. Smith, who died in 1946. In 1971 she moved from London to Worthing, together with her two unmarried sisters.[3] She died in 1978 in a traffic accident, aged 85. She was rushing to post her Christmas mail and ran in front of a van.[5]

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  1. 1 2 Mary Lines. trackfield.brinkster.net
  2. 1 2 Lawrence Goldman (2012) Preface to the online release, May 2012. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. 1 2 JAGS Athlete enters Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 17 September 2012
  4. ↑ FSFI WOMEN'S WORLD GAMES. gbrathletics.com
  5. ↑ Mel Watman, ‘Women athletes between the world wars (act. 1919–1939)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2012; online edn, Jan 2013 accessed 9 Dec 2015
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