Pat Spurgin

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Olympic medal record
Women's Shooting
Gold 1984 Los Angeles Air Rifle

Patricia "Pat" Spurgin (later Pitney, born August 10, 1965) is an American sports shooter, now living in Fairbanks, Alaska. She competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] She became the first Olympic Champion in Air Rifle for Women, at the time being an 18 year old student at Murray State University, Kentucky.

Pat Pitney has volunteered as an assistant coach for Alaska Nanooks at University of Alaska Fairbanks for almost two decades. The team has won the NCAA Rifle Championship nine times since 1994.

The Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray, Kentucky is named after her.[2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Profile: "Pat Spurgin" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 13, 2008)
  2. ^ SPURGIN RIFLE RANGE (Retrieved on January 13, 2008)


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