Mary Mitchell (athlete)

Mary Jane Logan (née Mitchell; 26 November 1912 – 26 March 2007) was a New Zealand athlete. Mainly remembered as a javelin thrower, she represented her country at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, where she finished fourth in the women's javelin with a best throw of 118 ft.

In 1939, she won the inaugural women's javelin throw at the New Zealand athletics championships, with a winning distance of 111 ft. She won the national title again in 1940 and 1941, and her distance of 122 ft in 1940 remained the championship record until surpassed by Cleone Rivett-Carnac in 1952. At the Auckland women's championships in 1941, Mitchell broke her own New Zealand record with a throw of 125 ft. She also at one time held the New Zealand women's long jump record, and was a competent high jumper, winning the Auckland championship in 1936.

Mitchell was also known for her kauri carving, as an artist, a poet and a horsewoman. She died in Dargaville in 2007.