Patrice Donnelly
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | April 30, 1950 |
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| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 100 metre hurdles, pentathlon |
Patrice Donnelly (Patrice Michelle "Pat" Donnelly; born April 30, 1950, San Diego, California) is a retired American track and field athlete, known primarily for hurdling. Later she also acted in films.
Biography
Donnelly attended Grossmont College.[1]
In 1971 she was Miss La Mesa.
After the 1976 Olympic Games she married shot putter Peter Shmock. After divorcing Shmock, she married sprinter Mark Lutz, ex-spouse of distance runner Francie Larrieu.
Career in hurdling
Once the fourth-ranked hurdler in the world,[2] Donnelly set the college record for the women's 100 metre hurdles at 13.5 seconds in 1970.[3]
She was on the 1975 All-America team for the 100 meter hurdles.[4] At the 1975 Pan American Games she placed fourth.
Donnelly attended the 1976 Summer Olympics as a 100-meter hurdler for the United States,[5] but was eliminated in the heats, missing the semi-final by 0.01 s.
Career in film
Donnelly's film debut was in the 1982 film Personal Best, wherein she played an Olympic pentathlete. She also served as a technical advisor on the film. She also went on to play Danielle, the stern assistant coach in the 1986 movie American Anthem.
She helped Billy Crudup train for Without Limits, a film about Steve Prefontaine's life.[6]
External links
- "Pat Donnelly Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. 1950-05-20. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- Patrice Donnelly at the Internet Movie Database
References
- ↑ "3 Break Meet Records in Women's Track Finals", The New York Times, May 20, 1977
- ↑ Marylynn Uricchio, "Stars in Top Form in 'Personal Best'", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26, 1982, page 25, jump page 34.
- ↑ "3 Break Meet Records in Women's Track Finals", The New York Times, May 20, 1977.
- ↑ Louise Mead Tricard, American Women's Track and Field: A history, 1895 through 1980, ISBN 0-7864-0219-9, page 590.
- ↑ "Roster of U.S. Athletes for Olympic Games at Montreal", The New York Times, July 11, 1976.
- ↑ Hartl, John (October 4, 1998). "Movies -- Prefontaine's Tragic Life Gets Another Onscreen Run". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
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