Edith McGuire

Edith McGuire

File:Edith McGuire 1964b.jpg Edith McGuire at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Edith Marie McGuire
Born	June 3, 1944 (1944-06-03) (age 79) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint, long jump
Club	TSU Tigers, Nashville
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.47 (1964) 200 m – 23.05 (1964) LJ – 5.91 m (1961)
Medal record Representing the 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 as Edith McGuire Duvall, is an American former sprinter.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, McGuire ran for Tennessee State University. TSU had a very successful women's sprinting team, The Tigerbelles, in the 1960s, including triple Olympic champions Wilma Rudolph, Wyomia Tyus, and McGuire.

Although McGuire's running career was short, she won six AAU 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 undeafeted in her favourite event, and went to Tokyo as the main contender for the 200 m gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

McGuire first competed in the 100 m in Japan, and lost out in the final to team mate Tyus. But in the 200 m final, she held off Poland's Irena 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. At present, she owns a number of fast food restaurants in Oakland, California together with her husband Charles Duvall.

References

• Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame
• Georgia Encyclopedia
• TSU TIGERBELLES: AN OLYMPIC TRADITION
• USA Track and Field: Hall of Fame: Edith McGuire