Margaret Parker, Date of Birth

Margaret Parker

Australian javelin thrower

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1949

Profession: athletics competitor, javelin thrower

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Margaret Adele Parker-Koscik (born 30 June 1949) is an Australian former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She emerged as a junior at national level in the mid-1960s, coming second at the national junior championships in 1964, then returning to win in 1965.
At senior level she was twice runner-up at the Australian Athletics Championships, first in 1965 then again in 1971.Parker's sole major international achievement was a gold medal at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica.
She defeated former champion and fellow Australian Anna Pazera in the final, throwing the spear 51.38 m (168 ft 6 3/4 in) to top the podium.She married fellow Australian athlete Sig Koscik in 1972.