Coleen Pekin
Coleen Pekin (born 10 July 1957) is an Australian former sprinter.[1]
She won 3 bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games:[2] the 200 metres in 1978, the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1978, and the 100 metres in 1982.
She was initially selected for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, before being dropped.[3] She retired from racing in 1983 to start a family.[4]
Her daughter Lyndsay Pekin competed as a sprinter and hurdler at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Coleen Pekin at World Athletics
- ^ Colleen Pekin - Results History, Commonwealth Games Australia
- ^ a b WA’s Lyndsay Pekin strives for family Olympics Games dream, Perth Now, 14 November 2015
- ^ "Athletes filled with great expectations". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 1983.
Categories:
- Living people
- Sportswomen from Western Australia
- Australian female sprinters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- 1957 births
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen