Pam Spencer

Pam Spencer
Medal record

Women’s Athletics
Competitor for the United States
Pan American Games
	1979 San Juan	High Jump

Pam Spencer (Pamela Ann Spencer; born October 8, 1957) is a retired high jumper from the United States, who set her personal best on 1981-08-28, jumping 1.97 metres at a meet in Brussels, Belgium. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in eleventh place (1.85 metres).

Spencer is a two-time national champion (1981 and 1984), and was also a member of the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Teams. In 1981, she raised the American record twice, up to her personal best of 1.97 m.

Pam married Eric Marquez in 1982 and they have two children. They currently reside in Northridge, Ca.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
United States
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	27th (q)	1.70 m
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2nd	1.87 m
1981	World Cup	Rome, Italy	3rd	1.92 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	11th	1.85 m

External links

Pam Spencer profile at IAAF
Mt Sac Relays Hall of Fame profile
Profile at trackfield.brinkster.net
Profile at Sports-Reference.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sara Simeoni	Women's High Jump Best Year Performance 1981	Succeeded by Ulrike Meyfarth
Preceded by Coleen Rienstra	USA National High Jump Champion 1981	Succeeded by Debbie Brill
Preceded by Louise Ritter	USA National High Jump Champion 1984	Succeeded by Louise Ritter

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 high jump

1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923: Catherine Wright 1924: Not held 1925: Elizabeth Stine 1926–27: Catherine McGuire 1928: Mildred Wiley 1929–31: Jean Shiley 1932: Jean Shiley & Babe Didrikson 1933: Alice Arden 1934: Not held 1935: Barbara Howe 1936: Annette Rogers 1937–8: Margaret Bergmann 1939–48: Alice Coachman 1949: Gertrude Orr 1950: Dorothy Chisholm 1951–2: Marion Boos 1953: Mildred McDaniel 1954: Jeanette Cantrell 1955–6: Mildred McDaniel 1957: Verneda Thomas & Hazel Ulmer 1958: Rose Robinson & Barbara Brown 1959–61: Lis Josefson 1962: Kinuko Tsutsumi (JPN) 1963–7: Eleanor Montgomery 1968: Theresa Thresher 1969: Eleanor Montgomery 1970: Sally Plihal 1971: Linda Iddings 1972: Audrey Reid 1973: DeAnne Wilson 1974–7: Joni Huntley 1978: Louise Ritter 1979: Debbie Brill (CAN)

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Coleen Sommer 1981: Pam Spencer 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN) 1983: Louise Ritter 1984: Pam Spencer 1985–6: Louise Ritter 1987: Coleen Sommer 1988–9: Jan Wohlschlag 1990–1: Yolanda Henry 1992: Tanya Hughes

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Tanya Hughes 1994: Angie Bradburn 1995: Amy Acuff 1996: Tisha Waller 1997: Amy Acuff 1998–9: Tisha Waller 2000: Karol Damon 2001: Amy Acuff 2002: Tisha Waller 2003: Amy Acuff 2004: Tisha Waller 2005: Amy Acuff 2006: Chaunte Howard 2007: Amy Acuff 2008–9: Chaunte Howard 2010: Chaunte Lowe 2011: Brigetta Barrett 2012: Chaunte Lowe 2013: Brigetta Barrett 2014–5: Chaunte Lowe

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

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