Edith McGuire

McGuire at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Edith Marie McGuire
Born	June 3, 1944 (1944-06-03) (age 81) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint, long jump
Club	TSU Tigers, Nashville
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	100 m – 11.47 (1964) 200 m – 23.05 (1964) LJ – 5.91 m (1961)
Medal record Women'sathletics Representingthe United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 200 m 1964 Tokyo 100 m 1964 Tokyo 4 × 100 m relay Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 100 m 1963 São Paulo Long jump

Edith Marie McGuire (born June 3, 1944), later known asEdith McGuire Duvall, is an American former sprinter.

Born inAtlanta, Georgia, McGuire ran forTennessee State University. TSU had a very successful women's sprinting team, The Tigerbelles, in the 1960s, including triple Olympic championsWilma Rudolph,Wyomia Tyus, and McGuire.

Although McGuire's running career was short, she won sixAAU titles, in three different events. Her specialty, however, was the 200 m/220 y, in which she won four of her six national titles. In 1964, she was undefeated in her favorite event, and went toTokyo as the main contender for the 200 m gold medal at the1964 Summer Olympics.^[1]

McGuire first competed in the 100 m in Japan, and lost out in the final to teammate Tyus. But in the 200 m final, she held offPoland'sIrena Kirszenstein to take the gold medal. She added a third medal to her tally as a member of the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which placed second to Poland.

Edith McGuire ended her athletics career in 1965, and became a teacher. In 1980 she was inducted into theGeorgia Sports Hall of Fame.^[2] At present, she owns a number offast food restaurants inOakland, California together with her husband Charles Duvall.

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