Mary Berkeley
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1965 Thornton Heath, Greater London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Croydon Harriers | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mary Andray Berkeley (married name Berkeley-Agyepong; born 3 October 1965) is an English retired long jumper who represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Berkeley finished third behind Joyce Oladapo in the long jump event at the 1985 WAAA Championships.[2]
Berkeley British long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1985 WAAA Championships[3] and shortly afterwards represented England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, winning a silver medal.[4][5][6]
Berkely retained her WAAA title at the 1987 WAAA Championships.[7][8] She represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.[9][10][11]
Her personal best jump was 6.63 metres (21.8 ft), achieved in June 1989 in Basildon.[12] She married Francis Agyepong (a former triple jumper) and became Mary Berkeley-Agyepong.[13]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Athletics". Sunday Express. 28 July 1985. Retrieved 20 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Edinburgh 1986 Team". Team England. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletics". Sunday Express. 26 July 1987. Retrieved 21 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "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.
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Thornton Heath
- Athletes from the London Borough of Croydon
- British female long jumpers
- English female long jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen