Angel Mary Joseph
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| Full name | Angel Mary Joseph | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 September 1953 Davangere, Mysore State, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres hurdles, Long Jump, Pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angel Mary Joseph (born 24 September 1953) is a retired Indian track and field athlete. She specialized in 100 metres hurdles, Long Jump, Pentathlon, and once held national records in all the three and high jump and heptathlon. At the 1978 Asian Games in Tehran, she won silver medals in long jump and pentathlon. She also represented Karnataka and Railways playing basketball in the National Championships.[1]
Recognizing her achievements in track and field, Mary was awarded the Arjuna Award by the government of India in 1979.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Angel Mary Joseph". sportsbharti.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Arjuna Award Winners from Kerala". keralaathletics.org. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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Categories:
- 1953 births
- People from Davanagere
- Living people
- Sportswomen from Karnataka
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games
- Indian female long jumpers
- 20th-century Indian women
- 20th-century Indian people
- Indian female sprinters
- Indian pentathletes
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes from Karnataka
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award