Colleen Pekin

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Colleen Pekin (born 10 July 1957) is an Australian former sprinter. [1]

She won 3 bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games: [2] the 200 metres in 1978, the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1978, and the 100 metres in 1982.

She was initially selected for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, before being dropped. [3] She retired from racing in 1983 to start a family. [4]

Her daughter Lyndsay Pekin competed as a sprinter and hurdler at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Colleen Pekin at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Colleen Pekin - Results History, Commonwealth Games Australia
  3. 1 2 WA’s Lyndsay Pekin strives for family Olympics Games dream, Perth Now, 14 November 2015
  4. ↑ "Athletes filled with great expectations". Sydney Morning Herald . 10 November 1983.
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