Marilyn Neufville

Marilyn Neufville ( born November 16, 1952 in Hectors River, Portland Parish ) is a former British- Jamaican sprinter. She set a world record in the 400 -meter run and won at international events four gold medals.

Born in Jamaica, she emigrated as an eight- year-olds in the United Kingdom, where she launched for the Cambridge Harriers. She won three AAA Junior Championships:

In 1969, s AAA runner-up was 200 m in 24.3 behind Dorothy Hyman ( 23.7 s ). About 400 m, it achieved 54.2 s

Into the public spotlight, she joined in March 1970, when they gold medal over 400 m in the indoor world record of 53.01 s won at the Indoor Athletics European Championships in Vienna, after having already done the AAA Indoor Championships in 54.9 s ( the runner-up was 1.6 seconds slower ) had decided for themselves. In the summer they had at the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, where they did not start for the United Kingdom, but for her native Jamaica after considerable opposition from the public, followed by her second world record and improved the previous record of Frenchwoman Colette Besson and Nicole Duclos to 0.7 seconds s ( electronically stopped 51,02 s ) to 51.0.

In 1970 she also won the ISTAF in Berlin. They also won the AAA championship in 52.6 seconds before the two German Christel Frese ( 54.3 s ) and Inge Eckhoff ( 54.3 s ). In 1971, she succumbed while at the AAA Indoor Championships with 57.3 s against the previous year Second Jannette Champion Roscoe, but won at the Pan American Games in Cali, their third gold medal and secured the Jamaican team in the 4 x 400 -meter Season the bronze medal.

However, the early success took their toll. In the following period, the young athlete was plagued by constant injuries which made participation in the 1972 Olympics in Munich impossible. It was only in 1974 at the British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, they reappeared, but was unable to repeat her previous performances. With moderate 54,04 s they came only in sixth place and was almost 2 seconds from a medal away ( the third placed Charlene Rendina from Australia ran 52.08 s, and it won the Canadian Yvonne Saunders in 51.67 s ). Two years later she qualified for the Olympic Games in Montreal and improved there in 52.93 s, with whom she came in fourth of its forward travel to the quarterfinals, but where they no longer took. Then she disappeared from the scene.

Achievements

  • European Indoor Championships in Vienna in 1970: gold over 400 m in 53.0 s before the German Christel Frese in 53.1 s and the Frenchwoman Colette Besson in 53.6 s
  • Commonwealth Games 1970 in Edinburgh: gold in 51.02 s ( WR ) before the Australian Sandra Brown in 53.66 s and Judith Ayaa from Uganda in 53.77 s
  • Central American and Caribbean Championships 1971 in Kingston: Gold in 53.5 s before Carmen trustee from Cuba in 4.0 s and Yvonne Saunders from Jamaica in 54.3 s
  • Pamamerikanische Games 1971 in Cali: gold in 52.34 s before Carmen trustee in 52.89 s and 53.13 s and Yvonne Saunders in Bronze 4x400 m in 3:34,05 s behind the United States and Cuba.
  • Jamaica's Athlete of the Year in 1970 and 1971
400 metres 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships 1970 British Commonwealth Games 1971 Pan American Games 4 × 400 metres relay 1974 British Commonwealth Games Jamaican Sportsperson of the Year
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