Maya Giri

{{Short description|British discus thrower (born 1929)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Maya Giri | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1929}} | birth_place = Eastbourne, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Discus / Shot put | height = | weight = | club = Horsham Blue Star Harriers<br>Phoenix AC<br>London Univ | pb = }}

'''Maya Giri''' (born 1929) is a former athlete who competed for England.

== Biography == Giri was born in Eastbourne to a Russian father and Indian mother. Giri finished third behind Suzanne Farmer in the discus throw event at the 1952 WAAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19520615/272/0010 |title=Dorothy Tyler changes style and shocks world champion |work=Sunday Express |date=15 June 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 February 2025 }}</ref>

Giri a school teacher by trade was later selected for Britain against France in August 1952.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001925/19520815/198/0010 |title=Congraulations |work=West Sussex County Times |date=15 August 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 February 2025 }}</ref>

Giri improved to second place behind Farmer the following year at the 1953 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19530705/312/0010 |title=Enid nears 5-minute mile |work=Sunday Express |date=5 July 1953 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref> Giri became a double national discus champion after winning the WAAA Championships title at both the 1954 WAAA Championships and 1955 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19550703/184/0016 |title=Margaret Doubles To It - Loses Record |work=The People |date=3 July 1955 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 February 2025 }}</ref>

Giri represented England<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19580612/117/0020 |title=Marion jumps into Games |work=Daily Mirror |p=20 |date=12 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 September 2025}}</ref> in the discus at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41033|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Giri, Maya}} Category:1929 births Category:Possibly living people Category:English women discus throwers Category:British women discus throwers Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England Category:Sportspeople from Eastbourne Category:20th-century English sportswomen