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Scottish athlete

NationalityBritish (Scottish)

Born17 July 1942^[1]

Event

Middle-distance

Georgena Craig
née Buchanan
Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	17 July 1942^[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle-distance
Club	Western AC

Georgena Craig née Buchanan (born 17 July 1942) is a former track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at two Commonwealth Games.

Buchanan was a member of the Western Athletic Club^[2] and won three consecutive Scottish AAA Championship titles over 880 yards in 1963, 1964 and 1965, in addition to the 1 mile title in 1964.^[3]

A bookkeeper by profession, she married in late 1965 and competed under her married name of Craig thereafter.^[4]

Craig represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team^[5] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,^[6] participating in one event, the 880 yards race.^[7]

Craig reached the final of the 800 metres at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.^[1]

References

1 2 "Georgena Buchanan". Scottish Running Distance History. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
↑ "Top names missing from Pitreavie". The Scotsman. 12 June 1965. p. 23. Retrieved 6 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Scottish Championships". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
↑ "Glasgow girl beats Scots half-mile best". The Scotsman. 13 September 1965. p. 11. Retrieved 6 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team". The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
↑ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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