Marie Mejzlíková

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Gender
Female
Birth16 December 1902, Prague, Duchy of Bohemia
Death30 May 1981 (aged 78 years)
Star signSagittarius
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Biography

Marie Mejzlíková was a Czech athlete, who competed in the long jump, sprint, and throwing events. She won the 60 m and finished second in the 100 yd at the 1922 Women's World Games. The same year she set the first officially recognized world records in the long jump and 100 m events. She often competed alongside another Czech sprinter Marie Mejzlíková, they are usually named as Marie Mejzlíková I and Marie Mejzlíková II in the athletics lists.

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