| 词条 | Rona Tong |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Rona McCarthy | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} | image = Rona Tong 1938b.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Tong at the 1938 British Empire Games | headercolor = | textcolor = | birth_name = Rona Iris Tong | birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|08|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Hastings, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|01|31|1916|08|22|df=y}} | death_place = Havelock North, New Zealand | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | height = | weight = | spouse = {{marriage|Leslie James McCarthy|1939|1993|end=d.}} | module = | country = New Zealand | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint, hurdles | module2 = | nationals = 80 yards hurdles champion (1937) | olympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = | | medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}{{MedalBronze| 1938 Sydney|80 yd Hurdles}} | show-medals = yes }} Rona Iris McCarthy {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (née Tong, 22 August 1916 – 31 January 2016) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games. Early life and familyBorn in Hastings on 22 August 1916, McCarthy was the daughter of funeral director Charles Oswald Tong and Florence Susannah Tong (née Jarden).[1] She was educated at Hastings High School and then worked in the dressmaking trade.[1] On 7 November 1939 she married Leslie James McCarthy at St Matthew's Church, Hastings, and the couple went on to have one daughter.[1] AthleticsShe won the New Zealand national 80 yards hurdles title in 1937,[2] and went on to represent her country in the same event at the British Empire Games in Sydney the following year.[3] She finished third in the final, 0.1 seconds behind the winner, Barbara Burke from South Africa.[1] Competing in the 100 yards sprint at the same games, McCarthy finished last in her heat and did not progress.[4] Other sportsMcCarthy represented Hawke's Bay in both netball and basketball and was selected to play for New Zealand.[5] However, planned internationals against Australia never took place.[5] She coached both netball and basketball for almost 40 years, and was made a life member of the Hastings Netball Umpires' Association in 1967.[1][5] She later took up lawn bowls, and served as president of the Kia Toa Bowling Club in Hastings.[1] HonoursIn the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours, McCarthy was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to sport, especially netball.[6] She was inducted into the Hawke's Bay sporting legends hall of fame in 2007.[7] Later life and deathMcCarthy was widowed by the death of her husband in 1993.[1] She died in Havelock North on 31 January 2016,[1] and was buried at Hastings Cemetery.[8] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11584549 | title=Pre-war medallist made history | date=4 February 2016 | work=Hawke's Bay Today | accessdate=28 June 2017}} {{Commons category|Rona Tong}}{{1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tong, Rona}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2016 |date=December 2016 |website= |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |accessdate=28 June 2017 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/rona-mccarthy |title=Rona McCarthy |year=2016 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=28 June 2017}} 4. ^{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380207.2.40.1 | title=Several records fall | date=7 February 1938 | work=Evening Post | accessdate=28 June 2017 | page=7}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news | url=http://knowledgebank.org.nz/582/589/37689 | title=Rona recalls obstacles to Games glory | date=16 October 2010 | work=Hawke's Bay Today | accessdate=28 June 2017 | first=Anendra | last=Singh}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=47871 |date=16 June 1979 |page=29 |supp=y}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=7959aa6e-69c2-43c9-873b-4e95d9c146fa |title=Hawke's Bay Sporting Legends Hall of Fame |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=28 June 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://cemeterybase.hdc.govt.nz/Details.aspx?id=D121783 |title=Details for McCarthy, Rona Iris |date= |website= |publisher=Hastings District Council |accessdate=28 June 2017}} 12 : 1916 births|2016 deaths|Sportspeople from Hastings, New Zealand|New Zealand female hurdlers|Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand|Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand|Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics|New Zealand female sprinters|New Zealand netball players|New Zealand women's basketball players|Burials at Hastings Cemetery, New Zealand |
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