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).
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.
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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- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Hamilton, Montana
- Track and field athletes from Montana
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- American female discus throwers
- Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
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