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Moira Walls
Personal information
National team	Scotland, United Kingdom
Born	4 May 1952 (age 72); Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation(s)	High jumper, long jumper, pentathlete
Relatives	Lindsey Maguire (daughter)
Medal record
Long jump
Representing Scotland
	Updated on 7 July 2017

Moira Lindsay Maguire née Walls (born 4 May 1952), is a Scottish former high jumper, long jumper and pentathlete. She won a bronze medal in the high jump at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Walls is from Milngavie near Glasgow, Scotland.^[1] Her daughter Lindsey Maguire competed for Great Britain in rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[2]

Career

Walls was a member of Edinburgh Southern Harriers athletics club.^[3] In 1969, Walls became Scottish national champion in the hurdles, high jump and long jump,^[4] and also won a long jump event at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, with a best jump of 20 feet 10.5 inches (6.36 m).^[1] Walls competed in the high jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. She won the bronze medal, and is the only Scottish high jumper to have won a Commonwealth Games medal.^[5]^[4] In 1970, she had the best performance by a European in a long jump competition, after jumping 21 feet 3 inches (6.48 m). She was also ranked number two in Europe for pentathlon, and in the top six in Europe for the high jump.^[6]

Walls competed in the high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, finishing 31st.^[7] In 1977, Walls broke the Scottish national high jump record, after clearing a height of 1.83 metres (6 ft 0 in). She was the first Scottish woman to clear a height of over 6 foot.^[3]