Rona Iris McCarthy MBE (née Tong, 22 August 1916 – 31 January 2016) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.

[1] On 7 November 1939 she married Leslie James McCarthy at St Matthew's Church, Hastings, and the couple went on to have one daughter.

[1] She won the New Zealand national 80 yards hurdles title in 1937,[2] and went on to represent her country in the same event at the British Empire Games in Sydney the following year.

[4] McCarthy represented Hawke's Bay in both netball and basketball and was selected to play for New Zealand.

[1] In the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours, McCarthy was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sport, especially netball.