Lorna Griffin

Personal information

Born

June 9, 1956

Medal record

Women's Athletics
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
	1983 Caracas	Discus
	1983 Caracas	Shot Put

Lorna Joann Griffin (born June 9, 1956 in Hamilton, Montana) is a retired female shot putter and discus thrower from the United States. A two-time silver medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games she competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 9th (shot put) and 12th place (discus).

References

sports-reference

1984 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1984 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Kirk Baptiste Ron Brown Tonie Campbell Don Clary Paul Cummings Brian Diemer Marco Evoniuk Greg Foster Sam Graddy Johnny Gray John Gregorek Danny Harris Tranel Hawkins Jim Heiring Thomas Jefferson Earl Jones Roger Kingdom Steve Lacy Carl Lewis Henry Marsh John Marshall Antonio McKay Walter McCoy Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith Jim Spivey John Tuttle Craig Virgin

Men's field athletes	Duncan Atwood Willie Banks Earl Bell Tim Bright Edward Burke Art Burns Michael Carter Mike Conley, Sr. John Crist Milton Goode Bill Green Al Joyner Dave Laut Carl Lewis Jud Logan Doug Lytle Mike McRae Larry Myricks Doug Nordquist Tom Petranoff John Powell Steve Roller Dwight Stones Mike Tully Mac Wilkins Augie Wolf Jim Wooding

Women's track & road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence Griffith Joyner Joan Hansen Denean Howard Sherri Howard Julie Isphording Missy Kane Lillie Leatherwood Pam Page Diana Richburg Kim Turner Angela Wright-Scott Ruth Wysocki

Women's field athletes	Jodi Anderson Carol Cady Laura De Snoo Leslie Deniz Cindy Greiner Lorna Griffin Joni Huntley Jackie Joyner Carol Lewis Ramona Pagel Louise Ritter Karin Smith Pam Spencer Lynda Suffin Cathy Sulinski Angela Thacker

Coaches	—

US National Championship winners in women's discus throw

1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923: Babe Wolbert 1924: Roberta Ranck 1925: MayBelle Reichardt 1926–7: Lillian Copeland 1928: MayBelle Reichardt 1929: Rena MacDonald 1930–1: Evelyn Ferrara 1932–3: Ruth Osburn 1934: Not held 1935: Margaret Wright 1936: Helen Stephens 1937: Elizabeth Lindsey 1938–40: Catherine Fellmeth 1941–2: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1943: Frances Gorn 1944: Hattie Turner 1945: Frances Kaszubski 1946: Dorothy Dodson 1947–51: Frances Kaszubski 1952–3: Janet Dicks 1954: Marjorie Larney 1955: Alejandrina Ibarra (CUB) 1956: Pamela Kurrell 1957: Olga Connolly 1958–9: Earlene Brown 1960: Olga Connolly 1961: Earlene Brown 1962: Olga Connolly 1963: Sharon Sheppard 1964: Olga Connolly 1965: Lynn Graham 1966–7: Carol Moseke 1968: Olga Connolly 1969–70: Carol Frost 1971–2: Josephine de la Viña (PHI) 1973: Jean Roberts (AUS) 1974: Joan Pavelich (CAN) 1975: Jean Roberts (AUS) 1976: Lynne Winbigler 1977: Jane Haist (CAN) 1978–9: Lynne Winbigler

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Lorna Griffin 1981: Leslie Deniz 1982: Ria Stalman (NED) 1983: Leslie Deniz 1984: Ria Stalman (NED) 1985–6: Carol Cady 1987: Connie Price 1988: Lacy Barnes 1989–90: Connie Price 1991: Lacy Barnes 1992: Connie Price-Smith

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–4: Connie Price-Smith 1995: Edie Boyer 1996: Suzy Powell 1997: Lacy Barnes-Mileham 1998–2001: Seilala Sua 2002: Kris Kuehl 2003–4: Aretha Hill 2005: Becky Breisch 2006: Aretha Thurmond 2007: Suzy Powell 2008: Aretha Thurmond 2009: Stephanie Brown Trafton 2010: Becky Breisch 2011–2: Stephanie Brown Trafton 2013–5: Gia Lewis-Smallwood

Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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