Pat Daniels
Pat Daniels ( Billie Jo Patricia Daniels, first marriage Winslow, second marriage Bank, third marriage Connolly; born September 1, 1943 in Santa Monica ) is a former American pentathlete , middle distance runner and long jumper .
Career
At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 she was disqualified in the 800-meter run in the preliminary run. In 1964 in Tokyo she was seventh in the pentathlon.
Also in the pentathlon, she won the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in 1967 and was sixth at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
Eight times she was US champion in pentathlon (1961-1967, 1970), twice over 800 m or 880 yards (1960, 1961) and once in the long jump (1967).
Her third marriage was to Olympic hammer throw champion Hal Connolly . In the 1980s, she coached the Olympic Sprint Champion Evelyn Ashford .
Personal best
- 200 m : 24.0 s, July 30, 1967, Winnipeg
- 800 m: 2: 13.1 min, July 19, 1961, Stuttgart
- 80 m hurdles : 11.4 s, 1970
- High jump : 1.71 m, June 10, 1967, Sacramento
- Long jump: 6.25 m, July 2, 1967, Santa Barbara
- Shot put : 14.07 m, 1971
- Pentathlon: 4880 points, October 16, 1967, Mexico City
Publications
- Coaching Evelyn: Fast, Faster, Fastest Woman in the World. HarperCollins, 1991, ISBN 0060212829
Web links
- Pat Daniels in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Pat Daniels in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Daniels, Pat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daniels, Billie Jo Patricia; Winslow, Pat; Bank, pat; Connolly, Pat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pentathlete, middle distance runner and long jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Monica |