Rosemary Morgan
{{short description|British javelin thrower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = 25 August 1941
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| sport = Athletics
| event = javelin
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1962 Perth | Javelin}}
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Rosemary M Morgan (born 1941) is a former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
Morgan finished second behind Sue Platt in the javelin event at the 1961 WAAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19610709/027/0027 |title=Britain find a stand-in for Carole - From Australia |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=9 July 1961 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 February 2025 }} and the 1962 WAAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=22 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=22 February 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19620708/031/0031 |title=Golden girls serve up a record rush |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=8 July 1962 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 February 2025 }}
Later in 1962, she represented England and won a silver medal in the javelin at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41332|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
She was a member of the Ilford Athletic Club and returned to form in 1967 when she finished second behind Sue Platt in the javelin event at the 1967 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19670702/480/0023 |title=Board may forgive Anne |work=Sunday Express |date=2 July 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 March 2025 }}
References
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Category:English female javelin throwers
Category:British female javelin throwers
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
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