Moira Lindsay Maguire Walls (born 4 May 1952), is a Scottish former

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er,

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er and pentathlete. She won a bronze medal in the high jump at the

1970 British Commonwealth Games The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first tim ...

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. She competed at the

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Personal life

Walls is from

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near Glasgow, Scotland. Her daughter

Lindsey Maguire Lindsey Maguire (born 15 January 1982) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal life Maguire was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her mother is former long jumper, Moira Walls. Maguire studied maths and psychology at ...

competed for Great Britain in rowing at the

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in London.

Career

Walls was a member of Edinburgh Southern Harriers athletics club. In 1969, Walls became Scottish national champion in the hurdles,

and

, and also won a long jump event at the

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, with a best jump of . Walls competed in the high jump event at the

. She won the

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, and is the only Scottish high jumper to have won a Commonwealth Games medal. In 1970, she had the best performance by a European in a long jump competition, after jumping . She was also ranked number two in Europe for pentathlon, and in the top six in Europe for the high jump. Walls competed in the high jump at the

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, finishing 31st. In 1977, Walls broke the Scottish national high jump record, after clearing a height of . She was the first Scottish woman to clear a height of over 6 foot.

Awards

Walls was a winner of the 1969 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year award, along with Bernard Gallacher.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walls, Moira 1952 births Living people Athletes from Glasgow Scottish female high jumpers Scottish female long jumpers British pentathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games