Moira Walls
Moira Walls ( Moira Lindsay Walls, married Maguire; born May 4, 1952 in Glasgow ) is a former British high jumper , long jumper and pentathlete .
At the European Athletics Championships in Athens in 1969 , she was ninth in the long jump and was eliminated in the high jump in the qualification.
In 1970 she won bronze in the high jump for Scotland starting at the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh . She finished fourth in the pentathlon and fifth in the long jump.
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, she did not get past the first round in the high jump .
In 1969 she became the English pentathlon champion. She was four times Scottish champion in the high jump (1969, 1970, 1975, 1984), three times in the pentathlon (1969, 1970, 1977) and once each in the long jump (1969) and in the 100-meter hurdles (1969).
Her daughter is the rower Lindsey Maguire .
Personal best
- High jump: 1.87 m, May 11, 1980, Edinburgh
- Long jump: 6.43 m, September 18, 1970, Bucharest
- Pentathlon: 4632 points, 1970
Web links
- Athlete portrait at Power of Ten
- Moira Walls in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
- Moira Walls in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
- Moira Walls in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Doug Gillon: There's more to rowing than simply pulling on an oar, says Olympian elect Maguire . In: The Herald . June 15, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walls, Moira |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walls, Moira Lindsay; Maguire, Moira |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British high jumper, long jumper and pentathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4th 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |