Anna Bocson
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Anna Bocson (née Wojtaszek, divorced Pazera; born 25 November 1936) is a Poland-born Australian retired athlete who specialised in the javelin throw.
She competed for Poland at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and finished ninth. After the Games, she emigrated to South Australia, becoming Anna Pazera through marriage. She then represented Australia at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and won a gold medal with a throw of 57.40 metres, breaking Dana Zátopková's world record by a metre and a half. Her best Olympic performance was in 1960, when she placed sixth in the final of the Rome Games.
Remarried and known as Anna Bocson for the latter part of her career, she retired from sport after the 1968 Australian Championships.
See also
References
- Anna Bocson (Wojtaszek/Pazera) at Australian Athletics Historical Results
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- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from Racibórz County
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- Polish female javelin throwers
- Australian female javelin throwers
- Olympic athletes for Poland
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- Polish emigrants to Australia
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen
- 20th-century Polish sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics