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Anna Bocson (née Wojtaszek, divorced Pazera; born 25 November 1936) is a Poland-born Australian retired
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who specialised in the
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. She competed for Poland at the
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in Melbourne and finished ninth. After the Games, she emigrated to
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, becoming Anna Pazera through marriage. She then represented Australia at the
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: ''Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad'' 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the ...
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
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.


See also

* List of Australian athletics champions (women)


References


Anna Bocson (Wojtaszek/Pazera)
at Australian Athletics Historical Results * 1936 births Living people People from Racibórz County Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship 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 {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub