Mabel Landry

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameMabel Marie•Landry (-Staton)
Used nameMabel•Landry
Born20 November 1932 in Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Measurements165 cm / 60 kg
AffiliationsChicago CYO, Chicago (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

A sprinter-long jumper, Mabel Landry won nine national championships. She was the AAU outdoor long jump champion in 1949-50, and 1952-54, AAU outdoor 50 metre champion in 1953-54, and AAU indoor 50 yard champion in 1953-54. Landry also won the Olympic Trials in the long jump in 1952, and the AAU Meet that year. At the 1955 Pan American Games she won a bronze medal in the 60 m and a gold medal in the 4×100 m relay (with Isabelle Daniels, Mae Faggs, and Barbara Jones). She competed for the Chicago CYO, attended DePaul University and later became a teacher.

Personal Best: LJ – 19-3½ [5.88] (1952).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Mabel Landry
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) United States DNS
Long Jump, Women (Olympic) 7

Special Notes