| Mary Logan | |
| Birth Name: | Mary Jane Mitchell |
| Birth Date: | 26 November 1912 |
| Birth Place: | New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Dargaville, New Zealand |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Nationals: | Javelin champion (1939, 1940, 1941) |
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 118feet.[1]
In 1939, she won the inaugural women's javelin throw at the New Zealand athletics championships, with a winning distance of 111feet. She won the national title again in 1940 and 1941, and her distance of 122feet 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 125feet.[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]