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|name = Mary D'Souza Sequeira
|image = File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Dhyan Chand Award to Ms. Mary D’souza Sequeira for Athletics, at the National Sports & Adventure awards ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on August 31, 2013.jpg
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|caption = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Dhyan Chand Award to Ms. Mary D’souza Sequeira for Athletics, at the National Sports & Adventure awards ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on 31 August 2013
|fullname = Mary D'Souza Sequeira
|nationality = Indian
|employer = [[Indian Railways]]
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{{MedalGold|[[1954 Asian Games|1954 Manila]]|[[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|4×100 m relay]]}}
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'''Mary D'Souza Sequeira''' (born 18 July 1931) is an Indian female Olympian who competed internationally in [[track and field]] and [[field hockey]]. She competed in the [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|women's 100 and 200 metres]] at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ds/mary-dsouza-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102446/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ds/mary-dsouza-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Mary D'Souza Olympic Results |accessdate=12 June 2017}}</ref> D'Souza won a bronze medal in the 200 metres and a silver medal in the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay at the [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|1951 Asian Games]] with [[Pat Mendonca]] (her cousin), [[Banoo Gulzar]] and [[Roshan Mistry]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.in/athletics/story/_/id/24288037/iconic-asian-games-medals-mary-dsouza-1951-silver-bronze | title=Iconic Asian Games medals - Mary D'Souza's 1951 silver, bronze | publisher=ESPN | first=Mary | last=D'Souza | date=13 August 2018 | accessdate=16 September 2020 }}</ref>

D'Souza won a gold medal in the 1954 Asian Games in Manila in the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay, with [[Stephie D'Souza]], [[Violet Peters]] and [[Christine Brown]] in a time of 49.5 seconds. She held the Asian records in 100 and 200 meters in 1956. She was selected to go to the Melbourne Olympics, but the Indian Government said they had no funds for a women's team. She is the first Indian double international. She played field hockey for India in 1953 in Folkestone, England, in 1956 in Australia, in the IWFHA International Tournament and in test matches vs Japan and Ceylon.

==Career==
In 1951, D'Souza competed in the [[1951 Asian Games|First Asian Games]] in [[New Delhi]], winning a silver medal in the 4x100 meter relay and a bronze in the 200 meters. First Indian Female Team Asian Games.<ref>{{cite news | title=Asian Games Opened In Delhi | newspaper=The Times | date=5 March 1951}}</ref> In the [[1954 Asian Games|Second Asian Games]] in [[Manila]] in 1954 she won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay. [[1954 Asian Games medal table]] First Indian Female Gold Medal Asian Games. She set Indian national records in track and field from 1951 to 1957 100 meters, 200 meters and 80m hurdles. She was the Asian record holder with 12.3 seconds over 100 meters and 12.5 seconds over 200 meters. She was the first female track and field contingent to go to the Olympics from India in [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]. She competed in the 100m and 200m.

She was a field hockey player with India's first women's field hockey team, in the First IFWHA [[International Women's Field Hockey World Tournament]] in Folkstone, UK, 1953 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hockeymuseum.net/index.php/study-topic/the-1953-ifwha-tournament-in-folkestone|title = The 1953 IFWHA Tournament in Folkestone}}</ref> In 1956 she represented India at the Australian International Women's Field Hockey Tournament. She was the top scorer for India in goals in the tournament.<ref>{{cite news | title=Sports & Pastime 21 April, 1956 | newspaper=Free Press Journal | date=26 March 1956}} {{cite news | newspaper=Sydney Daily Mirror | date=2 June 1956 | title=Hockey Australia History Project}}</ref> She played India vs Ceylon matches, as right winger assisted in both goals<ref>Ceylon Observer 20 April 1956, Ceylon Daily News April 25, 1956</ref>

She was elected to represent India at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], but did not go as India did not pay for female athletes to go.<ref>[[Ballarat, Australia Courier June 16, 1956; The Sun, June 27, 1956;The Sun, Adelaide July 1, 1956</ref> She was with the Indian team that played in the Prime Ministers Defense Fund Field Hockey Tour in 1961. She also took part in the India vs Ceylon (Sri Lanka) field hockey tour in India and the India vs Japan field hockey test matches touring India in 1964

She was an Indian Railways sports officer who coached and recruited sportspeople for Indian Railways teams and conducted Inter Railway Tournaments. She was also a district commissioners with the Girl Guides(Scouts). She earned the [[Dhyan Chand Award]] in 2013 from the Government of India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hail Mary: Hockey player Mary D'Souza being honoured with Dhyan Chand Award |date=1 September 2013 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-hail-mary-hockey-player-mary-d-souza-being-honoured-with-dhyan-chand-award-1882611}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1952/]
*[http://www.hockeymuseum.net/index.php/study-topic/the-1953-ifwha-tournament-in-folkestone]
*[http://www.sportsbharti.com/athletics/olympic-games-2/]
*[http://www.hockeymuseum.net/index.php/study-topic/the-1953-ifwha-tournament-in-folkestone]

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