Edith McGuire
 Edith McGuire at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Edith Marie McGuire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 3, 1944 (age 79) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TSU Tigers, Nashville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.47 (1964) 200 m – 23.05 (1964) LJ – 5.91 m (1961) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edith Marie McGuire (born June 3, 1944), later known as Edith McGuire Duvall, is an American former sprinter.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, McGuire ran for Tennessee State University. TSU had a very successful women's sprinting team, The Tigerbelles, in the 1960s, including triple Olympic champions Wilma Rudolph, Wyomia Tyus, and McGuire.
Although McGuire's running career was short, she won six AAU titles, in three different events. Her specialty, however, was the 200 m/220 y, in which she won four of her six national titles. In 1964, she was undeafeted in her favourite event, and went to Tokyo as the main contender for the 200 m gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
McGuire first competed in the 100 m in Japan, and lost out in the final to team mate Tyus. But in the 200 m final, she held off Poland's Irena Kirszenstein to take the gold medal. She added a third medal to her tally as a member of the American 4×100 m relay team, which placed second to Poland.
Edith McGuire ended her athletics career in 1965, and became a teacher. At present, she owns a number of fast food restaurants in Oakland, California together with her husband Charles Duvall.
References
- Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame
- Georgia Encyclopedia
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edith McGuire". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- TSU TIGERBELLES: AN OLYMPIC TRADITION
- USA Track and Field: Hall of Fame: Edith McGuire
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- American female sprinters
- Tennessee State University alumni
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Sportspeople from Atlanta
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists