Mary Mitchell (athlete)

Mary Jane Logan (née Mitchell; 26 November 1912 – 26 March 2007) was a New Zealand athlete. Mainly remembered as a javelin thrower, she represented her country at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, where she finished fourth in the women's javelin with a best throw of 118 feet 1⁄2 inch (35.98 m).[1]

Mary Logan
Personal information
Birth nameMary Jane Mitchell
Born(1912-11-26)26 November 1912
New Zealand
Died26 March 2007(2007-03-26) (aged 94)
Dargaville, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
National finalsJavelin champion (1939, 1940, 1941)

In 1939, she won the inaugural women's javelin throw at the New Zealand athletics championships, with a winning distance of 111 feet 6 1⁄2 inches (34.00 m). She won the national title again in 1940 and 1941, and her distance of 122 feet 6 inches (37.34 m) in 1940 remained the championship record until surpassed by Cleone Rivett-Carnac in 1952.[2] At the Auckland women's championships in 1941, Mitchell broke her own New Zealand record with a throw of 125 feet 8 inches (38.30 m).[3] She also at one time held the New Zealand women's long jump record,[4] and was a competent high jumper, winning the Auckland championship in 1936.[5]

Mitchell was also known for her kauri carving, as an artist, a poet and a horsewoman.[6] She died in Dargaville in 2007.[4]

References
  1. "Mary Mitchell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. Hollings, Stephen (January 2015). "National champions 1887–2014" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 78. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. "Women's javelin throw". Evening Post. 24 February 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  4. "Obituaries". IAAF News. International Association of Athletics Federations (84): 7. 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  5. "Athletics". Auckland Star. 4 April 1936. p. 21. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  6. "Inaugural holder of national women's javelin title passes away". Radio New Zealand Newswire. 3 April 2007.


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