Mary Berkeley

Mary Berkeley
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1965-10-03) 3 October 1965 (age 61)
Thornton Heath, Greater London, England
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
long jump
ClubCroydon Harriers
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place1986 Edinburghlong jump

Mary Andray Berkeley (married name Berkeley-Agyepong; born 3 October 1965) is an English retired long jumper who represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Berkeley finished third behind Joyce Oladapo in the long jump event at the 1985 WAAA Championships.

Berkeley British long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1985 WAAA Championships and shortly afterwards represented England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, winning a silver medal.

Berkely retained her WAAA title at the 1987 WAAA Championships. She represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Her personal best jump was 6.63 metres (21.8 ft), achieved in June 1989 in Basildon. She married Francis Agyepong (a former triple jumper) and became Mary Berkeley-Agyepong.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1986 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 15th Long jump 6.39 m
Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 2nd Long jump 6.40 m
1987 Universiade Zagreb, Yugoslavia 7th 100 m 11.53 s
10th (q) Long jump 6.20 m
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 29th (q) Long jump 5.04 m
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 6th Long jump 6.33 m
Universiade Duisburg, West Germany 15th (q) Long jump 6.04 m (w)
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 7th Long jump 6.33 m
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 14th (q) Long jump 6.27 m
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 5th Triple jump 13.36 m

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Athletics". Sunday Express. 28 July 1985. Retrieved 20 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Edinburgh 1986 Team". Team England. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ↑ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Athletics". Sunday Express. 26 July 1987. Retrieved 21 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  10. ↑ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  12. ↑ World women's all-time best long jump (updated 2001)
  13. ↑ Mary Berkeley. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-06-19.