RAND, MARY DENISE

born Feb. 10, 1940, Somerset, Eng. British track-and-field athlete who won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo to become the first British athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in track-and-field. Rand competed at the 1960 Games in Rome, finishing ninth in the long jump after a strong start. At the 1964 Games she jumped 6.76 m (22 feet 2 1/4 inches), despite a headwind, to take the gold. She also won a silver in the pentathlon and a bronze in the 4 100-metre relay. In 1969 Rand married the American decathlete Bill Toomey.