Jackson,+Marjorie

 || || [] || [] || Chronological reference to people and experiences that influenced the person explaining how they influenced them. || It was at the Helsinki Games that Marjorie met the man she would later marry, cyclist Peter Nelson. || [] || [] ||  || Marjorie Jackson Nelson was appointed Governor of South Australia in 2001. During this time as Governor, Marjorie became known as a friend of the people of that State. || [] || Well known persons working at the same time. ||  One of Marjorie's rivals, great Dutch sprinter **[|Fanny Blankers-Koen]**. || Why do their life is regarded as significant and why they are admirable. || She finished her career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games gold medals, 10 world sprint records and every state and national title she competed in from 1950 to 1954. But it was her performance at the 1952 Helsinki Games that made her really famous. She went there as “the Lithgow Flash”, and won both the 100 and 200 metres gold medals, equalling a world record in the 100m and setting two in the 200m. || [] || [] || Establishes when and where the person died and the effect their work and values had on people. || She has been governor of Sa from 3 November 2001 to 31 July 2007 ||
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 * ====**The Golden Flash**====**
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 * ^  || She was raised in Lithgow, where she left school early and went to work as a typist. She was good at running and her father bought her second-hand spiked shoes that were a bit too large, so they were stuffed in the toes with newspaper. Her father also made her a set of starting blocks. She had a coach by the name of Jim Monaghan, who trained her in the evenings. ||
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 * ^  || She got married on her 22nd birthday. She met Peter Nelson when she was 21 then got married the next year. ||
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 * ^  || ===  ** She first caught the public’s attention when, as an untried 17 year old, she beat the world number one sprinter, the 'Flying Dutchwoman' Fanny Blankers-Koen. The 'Lithgow Flash', as Marjorie would come to be known, went on to win two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games gold medals and break ten world records during her athletics career. **  === ||
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 * ^  || In 1988, Jackson was nominated by the Governor-General and the Prime Minister as one of 20 living members of the '200 Great Australians' recognised by the Australian Bi-Centenary Committee. In 2001, Jackson-Nelson was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia and, as Governor, was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by Her Majesty The Queen on the occasion of the Royal Visit to Adelaide in February 2002. ||
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