{{short description|Indian athletics competitor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Angel Mary Joseph | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Angel Mary Joseph | nicknames = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|9|24}} | birth_place = Davangere, Mysore State (Now in Karnataka), India | nationality = Indian | sport = Track and field | event = 100 metres hurdles, Long Jump, Pentathlon | club = | pb = | height = | weight = | country = India | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalSilver|1978 Bangkok|Long Jump}} {{MedalSilver|1978 Bangkok|Pentathlon}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1979 Tokyo|4×100 m relay}} }}
'''Angel Mary Joseph''' (born 24 September 1953) is a retired Indian track and field athlete. She specialized in 100 metres hurdles, Long Jump, Pentathlon, and once held national records in all the three and high jump and heptathlon. At the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, she won silver medals in long jump and pentathlon. She also represented Karnataka and Railways playing basketball in the National Championships.<ref>{{cite web|title=Angel Mary Joseph|url=http://www.sportsbharti.com/athletics/angel-mary-joseph/|publisher=sportsbharti.com|accessdate=15 August 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815063357/http://www.sportsbharti.com/athletics/angel-mary-joseph/|archivedate=15 August 2016}}</ref>
Recognizing her achievements in track and field, Mary was awarded the Arjuna Award by the government of India in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arjuna Award Winners from Kerala|url=http://keralaathletics.org/history.html|publisher=keralaathletics.org|accessdate=15 August 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101210431/http://keralaathletics.org/history.html|archivedate=1 November 2010}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923163603/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/mary-joseph-angel-64178|title=Mary Joseph Angel at World Athletics}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph, Angel Mary}} Category:1953 births Category:People from Davanagere Category:Living people Category:Sportswomen from Karnataka Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 Asian Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Asian Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games Category:Indian women long jumpers Category:20th-century Indian sportswomen Category:Indian women sprinters Category:Indian pentathletes Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India Category:Asian Games athletes for India Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Category:Athletes from Karnataka Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award Category:Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Asian Athletics Championships medalists