Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, dies at the age of 86.

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win athletics gold at the Olympics, was described as "Marilyn Monroe on spikes".

In 1964, she became the first from her country to win a gold medal in track and field, in the long jump, becoming a celebrity in the Beatles era.

Great Britain’s legendary ex-Olympic champion Mary Rand dies, aged 86 - Rand became the first British woman to ever win Olympic gold in track and field ...