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Ken Lorraway

Athletics

Age

Passed away

Olympic History

Moscow 1980

Los Angeles 1984

Career Events

Athletics Men's Triple Jump

 

Ken's Story

Ken Lorraway was born in Wagga Wagga and grew up in Canberra, where he competed for North Canberra Athletic Club. A talented triple and long jumper, he later attended Southern Illinois University on an athletics scholarship and earned All-American honours in 1978.


Lorraway made his Olympic debut aged 24 at Moscow 1980. After producing 16.80 metres in qualifying, he reached the triple jump final and placed eighth with 16.44 metres, the best Olympic result of his career.


He won triple jump silver at the Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games and set an Australian record of 17.46 metres that year. Lorraway returned for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics, where his best qualifying jump of 15.92 metres placed him 19th overall.

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