Lorna Griffin
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| Full name | Lorna Joann Griffin | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 9, 1956 (age 68) Hamilton, Montana, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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Lorna Joann Griffin (born June 9, 1956, in Hamilton, Montana) is a retired female shot putter and discus thrower from the United States. She was a two-time silver medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games. Griffin qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[1] She competed for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 9th (shot put) and 12th place (discus).
Griffin competed in the AIAW for the Flathead Valley Mountainettes track and field team. At the 1975 AIAW Outdoor Track and Field Championships, she finished runner-up in the discus and 5th in the shot put.[2] She later competed for the Seattle Pacific Falcons track and field team.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ "Mountainettes 10th in nationals". The Daily Inter Lake. 18 May 1975. p. 8. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "UCLA Women Win Nat'l Title Roseville's Ashford Wins Titles Continued from Page F1". The Sacramento Bee. 22 May 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 10 February 2025. "Women's track Thursday's qualifying results in the women's national collegiate track and field..." The Daily Breeze. 20 May 1977. p. 46. Retrieved 10 February 2025. "Women's track Results of Friday's finals, qualifying and team standings in the second day of..." The Daily Breeze. 21 May 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 10 February 2025. "Women's track Saturday's results and final team scores in the national women's collegiate track..." The Daily Breeze. 22 May 1977. p. 44. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Lorna Griffin at World Athletics
- Lorna Griffin at Olympics.com
- Lorna Griffin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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