Robyn Lorraway
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Full name | Robyn Edna Lorraway | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Born | 20 July 1961 | ||||||||||||||
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Robyn Edna Lorraway (née Strong) (born 20 July 1961) was an Australian long jumper from Australia winning medals at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]As Robyn Strong, she moved from Victoria to become an inaugural Australian Institute of Sport athletics scholarship holder. She was coached by Kelvin Giles.[2] At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, she won the silver medal in the Women's Long Jump. After the Games, she married Ken Lorraway.[1] At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she finished sixth in the final on the Women's Long Jump.[1] At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Long Jump.[1] She won the Australian national Women's Long Jump title in 1983, 1984 and 1986.[1] At the national titles, she came second in the Women's 100 m hurdles from 1979 to 1982.[1]
Her husband Ken died suddenly in 2007.[3] They had three children - two boys Alex and Sebastian and a daughter Madeline. Alex has followed in his father's footsteps as a triple jumper.[3] In 1985, she was ACT Female Sportstar of the Year.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Robyn Lorraway". Athletics Australia Historical Database. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ "Australian Institute of Sport Annual Report". 1981. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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(help) - ^ a b "Vale - Ken Lorraway (1956-2007)". Athletics Australia News, 5 January 2007.
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