Marjorie Nelson (nee JACKSON) |
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| Awarded Titles: |
AO, MBE, CVO, AC |
| D.O.B: |
13 Sep 1931 |
| Place of Birth: |
Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia |
| Resides at: |
Adelaide |
| Height: |
5'8 |
| Weight: |
8 stone 12 lbs (competition) |
| Occupation: |
Women's Section Manager for Athletics in the 1982 and 1986 Australian Commonwealth Games teams, Assistant Team Manager in 1990, General Team Manager in 1994 and Administration Officer - Athlete Liaison for the 1998 Team. Appointed board member of the Sydney Organising Committee for the 2000 Olympic Games in December 1998. Sports presenter during the 2000 Sydney Olympics and is the current, (2004), Governor of South Australia. |
| Sport: |
Athletics: 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m relay, 100yd, 220yd, 440yd relay, 660yd relay |
| Nickname: |
Lithgow Flash |
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| Other interests: |
Following her husbands death from leukaemia in 1977 she launched the Peter Nelson Leukaemia Research Fellowship and has since been involved with fund raising to sponsor research into fighting this disease.
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Honours
- Awarded Member of the British Empire (MBE) in 1953
- Awarded Australia's 'Sportsman Of The Year' in 1952
- Helms Foundation (USA) Award for 'Outstanding Athlete 1952'
- Admitted into Australia's Sporting Hall of Fame in 1985
- Honoured by the Governor-General and the Prime Minister as one of twenty living members of the '200 Great Australians' in 1988
- Awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1990
- Made a legend of Australian Sport in 1995
- Inducted in the first Australian Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000
- Awarded Australian Sports Medal instituted by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in 2000
- Inducted into the International Women's Hall of Fame in 2000
- Awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia in (AC) 2001
- Appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) by Her Majesty The Queen in 2002
Career Highlights
| 1950 |
- C'wealth Games: 100yd sprint - Gold, 220 yd sprint - Gold,
440 yd relay - Gold, 660 yd relay - Gold
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| 1952 |
- Olympics: 100m sprint - Gold, 200m sprint - Gold
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| 1954 |
- C'wealth Games: 100m sprint - Gold, 200m sprint - Gold, 4 x 100m relay - Gold
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