Maureen Caird

Maureen Caird (born September 29, 1951 in Cumberland , New South Wales , Australia ) is a former Australian athlete and Olympic champion .

As a young teenager, Caird had considerable success in several disciplines in Australia. Her favorite route, however, was the 80 meter hurdles , in which she also set a new world record and became the youngest national champion at the time. In the same year she was accepted into the Australian Olympic team.

Your participation in the XIX. The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico became extremely successful for her, winning the 80 meter hurdles in front of Australian Pam Kilborn (silver) and Taiwanese Chi Cheng (bronze). This made her the youngest ever Olympic athletics champion (in 1972 this age record was broken by Ulrike Meyfarth ). Two years later, at the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970 , she came in second behind Pam Kilborn in the 100 meter hurdles , which had replaced the 80 meter hurdles. At the XX. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , she was unable to defend her 1968 title.

She then retired from active sports and emigrated to New Zealand , where she still lives today.

Web link

• Maureen Caird in the database of Athletics Australia (English)