Norma Wilson

Norma Wilson

Wilson in 1928
Personal information
Born (1909-12-11)11 December 1909
Died 10 July 2000 (2000-07-11) (aged 90)
Sport
Sport Sprinting

Norma Wilson (11 December 1909 – 10 July 2000) was a New Zealand athlete who represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics at London.

She was a sprinter, and reached third in the semifinal in the 100m race. She told the “stuffed shirt” officials when she returned that New Zealand needed a cinder track. She also refused to run in a Basin Reserve appearance unless she could wear shorts, and in no time, all the girls were wearing shorts.

She married Ted Morgan, a New Zealand boxer at the same Olympics, in 1933 but divorced him in 1938.[1] She then married Rangi Marsh, a jockey and lived in Hastings.

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