Margaret Burvill Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mendez . Torrance . Como Comet set pace for women sprinters . . 16 March 2009 . 41.
  2. Web site: 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. . IAAF Media & Public Relations Department . Monte Carlo . 641 . pdf . 2009 . 20 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf . 29 June 2011 .
  3. News: Wilson . Ray . One last hurrah for our tattered queen of sport . . 15 December 2007 . 150.

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