Pam Ryan

Age

84

Place of Birth

VIC

Olympic History

Tokyo 1964

Mexico City 1968

Munich 1972

High School

University high school

Career Events

Athletics Womens 100m

Athletics Womens 100m Hurdles

Athletics Womens 4 x 100m Relay

Womens 80m Hurdles

 

Pam's Story

1939 –

If ever an Australian athlete deserved an Olympic gold medal, it was Pam Kilborn Ryan. As Pam Kilborn, she finished a close third in the 80m hurdles at Tokyo 1964. Four years later, as Pam Ryan, she was somewhat surprisingly beaten into second place by Australia's Maureen Caird at Mexico City 1968. A further four years saw her finish fourth in the inaugural staging of the 100m hurdles at Munich 1972. During her career she won eighteen individual Australian titles, six gold medals at the Empire and Commonwealth Games (Perth 1962, Kingston 1966 and Edinburgh 1970) and set or equalled a number of world records. Her time of 12.93 seconds for the 100m hurdles in June 1972 stood for almost 35 years as the best by an Australian until Sally McLellan ran 12.71 seconds in May 2007.

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