March 27 : Former Olympic long jump champion Mary Rand, the first British woman to win three medals at a single Olympic Games, has died at the age of 86.Rand won gold in the long jump, silver in the pentathlon and bronze in the 4x100 metres relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics."Team GB is saddened to hear

March 27 : Former Olympic long jump champion Mary Rand, the first British woman to win three medals at a single Olympic Games, has died at the age of 86.Rand won gold in the long jump, silver in the pentathlon and bronze in the 4x100 metres relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics."Team GB is saddened to hear

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, dies at the age of 86.

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, dies at the age of 86.

She became the first British female Olympian to receive three medals at a single Olympics in 1964 with her triumphs in the long jump, pentathlon, and 100m relay.