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Flintoff-King, Debbie (1960 - )

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Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian and Track and Field Athlete
Born: 1960  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Debbie Flintoff-King was a hard-working, determined athlete who became an Olympic champion in the grueling 400 meters hurdles event. She won Commonwealth Gold in 1982 and 1986, spent an intense season competing in Europe in 1987, but is best remembered for her last-stride victory in Seoul in 1988.


Career Highlights
Alternative Names:
  • Flintoff, Debbie

Events
1982

Gold Medalist at Brisbane Commonwealth Games - Athletics - 400m Hurdles

1984

Competed in Los Angeles

1986

Gold Medalist at Edinburgh Commonwealth Games - Athletics - 400m Hurdles, 400m

1988

Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympic Games - Athletics - 400m Hurdles

 
Sources used to compile this entry: Vamplew, Vray; Moore, Katharine; O'Hara, John; Cashman, Richard; Jobling, Ian (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport, Revised Second edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997.
 
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See also

  • Vamplew, Vray; Moore, Katharine; O'Hara, John; Cashman, Richard; Jobling, Ian (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport, Revised Second edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997. [ Details... ]

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