Mary Denise Rand was an English athlete who excelled at jumping, hurdles and the pentathlon. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics. Until 2024, Rand was the only British female athlete to win three medals in a single Olympics. Mary Rand (Great Britain) set the women's long jump world record of 6.76 m in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 1964. It stood 4 years, until Viorica Viscopoleanu's 6.82 m on October 14, 1968. Wiki link