Marjorie Okell
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Marjorie Francis Okell, later Harris (1 April 1908 – 3 October 2009) was an international track and field athlete from Great Britain
. Her main event was the high jump
in which she placed 6th at the 1934 Empire Games. She was also British Athletics Champion in high jump in 1929 and 1931. Her personal best was 1.57 metre in 1931. She later became a life-president of the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (of Great Britain).
Great Britain
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. Her main event was the high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
in which she placed 6th at the 1934 Empire Games. She was also British Athletics Champion in high jump in 1929 and 1931. Her personal best was 1.57 metre in 1931. She later became a life-president of the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (of Great Britain).