Mary Purcell
née Tracey

Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1949-05-22) 22 May 1949 (age 76) Ireland
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event	800 metres
Club	Guinness AC Crusaders AC
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ireland European Indoor Championships 1980 Sindelfingen 1500 m

Mary Purcell née Tracey (born 22 May 1949) is an Irish middle-distance runner who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

Tracey won the British WAAA Championships title in the 800 metres event at the 1972 WAAA Championships.^[2] Shortly afterwards at the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich, she represented Ireland in the women's 800 metres competition.^[3] Tracey retained the British WAAA title at the 1973 WAAA Championships.^[4]

Tracey married and took her married name Purcell thereafter and finished second to Lesley Kiernan at the 1974 WAAA Championships before winning the 3000 metres title at the 1975 WAAA Championships and 1976 WAAA Championships.^[5]

At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, purcell represented Ireland in the women's 800 metres.^[3]

References

External links

• Mary Tracey-Purcell at World Athletics
• Mary Tracey-Purcell at Olympedia
• Mary Tracey-Purcell at Olympics.com

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