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| Mary Carew |
| Height |
5'2" (157 cm) |
| Weight |
99 lbs (45 kg) |
| Nationality |
United States |
| PR |
100 - 12.3 (1932) |
| Born |
September 8, 1913 at Medford, MA |
| Died |
July 12, 2002 at Framingham, MA |
| Club |
Medford Girls Club |
Mary Louise Carew Armstrong (1913 – 2002) was an American athlete who competed in the sprints. She was born in Medford, Massachusetts.
She competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, CA in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers and 100m bronze medalist Wilhelmina von Bremen. She won four straight times (1929-32) in the AAU indoor 40y and her winning time of 5.2 in 1930 and 1931 equalled the world indoor record. She also won the AAU outdoor 50y in 1930.
As Mrs. Mary Armstrong, served as secretary of the New England Chapter of the U.S. Olympians.
She died in Framingham, Massachusetts.
External links
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Olympic champions in women's 4×100 m relay |
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1928 Canada Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane Bell & Myrtle Cook • 1932 United States Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers & Wilhelmina von Bremen • 1936 United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson & Helen Stephens • 1948 Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs & Fanny Blankers-Koen
1952 United States Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau & Catherine Hardy • 1956 Australia Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor & Betty Cuthbert • 1960 United States Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones & Wilma Rudolph • 1964 Poland Teresa Cieply, Irena Szewinska, Halina Górecka & Ewa Klobukowska • 1968 United States Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter & Wyomia Tyus • 1972 West Germany Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter & Heidemarie Rosendahl • 1976 East Germany Marlies Göhr, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf & Bärbel Wöckel • 1980 East Germany Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald & Marlies Göhr • 1984 United States Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough & Evelyn Ashford • 1988 United States Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner & Evelyn Ashford • 1992 United States Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry & Gwen Torrence • 1996 United States Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines & Gwen Torrence • 2000 Bahamas Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson & Debbie Ferguson • 2004 Jamaica Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey & Veronica Campbell • 2008 Russia Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina & Yuliya Chermoshanskaya |
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