Hispanopedia WikiAngel 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 Bangkok, 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]
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External links
- Mary Joseph Angel at World Athletics at the Wayback Machine(archived 2018-09-23)
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 women long jumpers
- 20th-century Indian sportswomen
- Indian women sprinters
- Indian pentathletes
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games athletes for India
- Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
- Athletes from Karnataka
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Athletics Championships medalists