Patty Loverock
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | 21 February 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprinting |
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Patty Elaine Loverock (born 21 February 1953) is a Canadian retired sprinter who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Loverock won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 relay at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The following year she finished third behind fellow Canadian Stephanie Berto in the 200 metres at the British 1971 WAAA Championships.[1][2][3] At the 1971 Pan American Games Loverock finished eighth in the 200 metres.
She would finished eighth in the 200 metres at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch.[4] She won a silver medal in the same event at the 1978 Games in Edmonton.
She won a silver and bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at two Pacific Conference Games in 1973 and 1977.She finished second in the 1975 Pan American Games 100 metres and third in the 4 × 100 metres relay and won a bronze medal at the World Student Games in Rome.
At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, she represented Canada in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres, where she got to the semi-finals in both events. She set a Canadian record of 23.03 in her quarter-final of the women's 200 metres. Loverock ran second leg of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Olympics, the team set a Canadian and Commonwealth record of 43.17 second finishing in 4th place.
In 1978 she set a world indoor record for 60 yards, with a time of 6.78. Patty also set the Canadian record for the 100 metres with at time of 11.34, in 1975.[5]
References
- ↑ "Women's AAA Results". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 18 July 1971. Retrieved 6 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Patty Loverock Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ↑ "BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum". Archived from the original on 22 September 2015.
External links
- Patty Loverock at World Athletics
- Patty Loverock at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Patty Loverock at Olympedia
- Patty Loverock at the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
- Patty Loverock at InterSportStats
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Canadian women sprinters
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Track and field athletes from Vancouver
- Sportswomen from British Columbia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Olympic women sprinters
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Canadian Track and Field Championships winners
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1973 Summer Universiade