Mary Berkeley
English long jumper (born 1965)
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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1965-10-03) 3 October 1965 (age 58) Thornton Heath, Greater London | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Club | Croydon Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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Mary Andray Berkeley (married name Berkeley-Agyepong (born 3 October 1965) is a female retired English long jumper.
Athletics career
Berkeley represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
She represented England and won a silver medal in the long jump event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2][3] Four years later she England again at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5][6]
Her personal best jump was 6.63 metres (21.8 ft), achieved in June 1989 in Basildon.[7] She married Francis Agyepong (a former triple jumper) and became Mary Berkeley-Agyepong.[8]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 15th | Long jump | 6.39 m |
Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 2nd | Long jump | 6.40 m | |
1987 | Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 7th | 100 m | 11.53 s |
10th (q) | Long jump | 6.20 m | |||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 29th (q) | Long jump | 5.04 m |
1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 6th | Long jump | 6.33 m |
Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | 15th (q) | Long jump | 6.04 m (w) | |
1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 7th | Long jump | 6.33 m |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 14th (q) | Long jump | 6.27 m | |
1991 | Universiade | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 5th | Triple jump | 13.36 m |
References
- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ World women's all-time best long jump (updated 2001)
- ^ Mary Berkeley. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-06-19.
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UK Athletics Championships winners in women's long jump
- 1977: Sharon Colyear
- 1978–79: Sue Reeve
- 1980: Sue Hearnshaw
- 1981: Sandra Green
- 1982–83: Bev Kinch
- 1984: Sue Hearnshaw
- 1985: Margaret Cheetham
- 1986: Kim Hagger
- 1987–88: Mary Berkeley
- 1989: Fiona May
- 1990: Mary Berkeley
- 1991: Fiona May
- 1992: Oluyinka Idowu
- 1993: Fiona May
- 1997: Jo Wise