Norma Wilson
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Norma Wilson was a New Zealand athlete who represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics
at London
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She was a sprinter, and reached third in the semifinal in the 100m race. She told the “stuffed shirt” officials when she returned that New Zealand needed a cinder track. She also refused to run in a Basin Reserve
appearance unless she could wear shorts, and in no time, all the girls were wearing shorts.
She married Ted Morgan
a New Zealand boxer at the same Olympics in 1933, but later divorced him. She then married Rangi Marsh, a jockey and lived in Hastings
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1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
at London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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She was a sprinter, and reached third in the semifinal in the 100m race. She told the “stuffed shirt” officials when she returned that New Zealand needed a cinder track. She also refused to run in a Basin Reserve
Basin Reserve
The Basin Reserve , is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand, used for Test, first-class and one-day cricket. Some argue that its proximity to the city, its Historic Place status and its age make it the most famous cricket ground in New Zealand...
appearance unless she could wear shorts, and in no time, all the girls were wearing shorts.
She married Ted Morgan
Ted Morgan (boxer)
Edward "Ted" Morgan was a boxer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
a New Zealand boxer at the same Olympics in 1933, but later divorced him. She then married Rangi Marsh, a jockey and lived in Hastings
Hastings, New Zealand
The city of Hastings is a major urban settlement in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, and it is the largest settlement by population in Hawke's Bay. Hastings city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District...
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