Margaret Ann Burvill (2 October 1941 – 28 February 2009) was an athlete who twice set world 220 yard (201.17 m) running records, both at

Perry Lakes Stadium Perry Lakes Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium adjacent to Perry Lakes Reserve, Perry Lakes in Floreat, Western Australia. It was built and funded by the State Government and the City of Perth in 1962 for the 1962 British Empire and Commonw ...

in her home town of

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. The first was at the Australian National Athletics Championships on 12 January 1963 in a time of 23.2 seconds the second was during the Western Australian Athletics titles on 22 February 1964 in 22.9 seconds. In 1967 she married Olympic hopeful

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Ian Edwards.

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Australian Athletics Results
Sportswomen from Western Australia 2009 deaths 1941 births Athletes from Perth, Western Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Australian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub