Maree Anne Holland (born 25 July 1963 in

Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...

) is a retired

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n sprinter who specialised in the

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. She represented her country at the

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finishing eighth in the final. She also competed at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and

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finishing fourth on both occasions.

International competitions

¹Representing Oceania

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 22.83 (+1.7 m/s, Chiba 1988) *

– 50.24 (Seoul 1988) Indoor *

– 52.17 (Budapest 1989) AR

References

All-Athletics profile

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* * * 1963 births Living people People from Parramatta Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes from Sydney Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub