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Governor of South Australia. Personal life. Honours and legacy. References. Bibliography. External links. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE DStJ (born 13 September 1931) is an Australian former athlete and politician. She was the Governor of South Australia between 2001 and 2007.
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, geborene Jackson (* 13. September 1931 in Coffs Harbour ), AC, CVO, MBE, ist eine ehemalige australische Leichtathletin und Olympiasiegerin. Von 2001 bis 2007 war sie Gouverneurin des australischen Bundesstaates South Australia .
Leichtathletik. Helsinki 1952v. Words of Olympians. Die inspirierende Geschichte der ersten Frau, die australisches Gold holte. Marjorie Jackson erzählt von ihrem Training, ihren zwei Goldmedaillen von 1952 und ihrem Leben nach ihrer Rückkehr nach Hause. Verwandter Inhalt. Marco SCHWARZ. London 1948 - Die fliegende Hausfrau beseitigt Vorurteile.
At the Helsinki 1952 Olympics, Marjorie Jackson made an outstanding Olympic debut as she won gold in both the women's 100 and 200 metres sprints. She became the first Australian woman to win an...
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Marjorie Jackson is an Australian athlete who won two Olympic gold medals and tied or set 13 world records. During the early 1950s, when Australians dominated women’s sprint events, Jackson was the most outstanding Australian sprinter. Jackson, known as the “Lithgow Flash” after her hometown, was.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, the first Australian woman to win Olympic gold in athletics and the first female general manager of a Commonwealth Games team. She broke world records, beat Fanny Blankers-Koen, and founded a leukemia foundation.
Biography. Marjorie Nelson-Jackson was the supreme female sprinter of the early 1950s. She won the Olympic sprint double in 1952, and at the Commonwealth Games, she won seven sprint gold medals, as follows: 1950 and 1954 100 yards and 220 yards doubles, the 110-220-110 yards relay (with Shirley Strickland and Verna Johnston) and the 220-110-220 ...
