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Full name | Pamela Joan Boyd-Petroski |
Nationality | American |
Born | Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | 27 September 1955
Sport | |
Sport | Handball |
Pamela Joan Boyd-Petroski (born September 27, 1955) is an American former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1]
Boyd graduated in 1974 from Central Regional High School, where she played both basketball and field hockey. She was inducted into the school's Golden Eagles Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012. [2] [3]
Boyd now teaches physical education at Pinelands Regional High School in Tuckerton, New Jersey.
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