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Coleen Pekin

Coleen Pekin

Australian sprinter

Coleen Pekin is an Australian former sprinter.

She won 3 bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games:[1] 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.[2] She retired from racing in 1983 to start a family.[3]

Her daughter Lyndsay Pekin competed as a sprinter and hurdler at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Colleen Pekin - Results History, Commonwealth Games Australia
  2. [2]
    WA’s Lyndsay Pekin strives for family Olympics Games dream, Perth Now, 14 November 2015
  3. [3]
    "Athletes filled with great expectations". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 1983.
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