Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Martha Virginia•Worst (-Smith) |
Used name | Martha•Worst |
Born | 23 January 1911 in Chicago, Illinois (USA) |
Died | 9 December 1981 in Chico, California (USA) |
Affiliations | Metro Social and Athletic Association |
NOC | United States |
Martha Worst represented the Metropolitan Social and Athletic Association as a javelin thrower. She won the AAU javelin title in 1936, which doubled as the 1936 Olympic Trials. That was her only known effort at national level competition. She later married, became Martha Smith, and competed on the West Coast through at least 1938. She worked as a clerk at a life insurance company until the birth of their first child.
Personal Best: JT – 131-8 [40.13] (1936).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1936 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Martha Worst | |||
Javelin Throw, Women (Olympic) | 9 |