Pamela Ryan

Pam Kilborn

Personal information
Full name	Pamela Kilborn-Ryan (-Nelson)
Born	(1939-08-12) 12 August 1939 (age 78) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height	5 ft 1 1⁄2 in (156 cm)
Weight	115 lb (52 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track & Field
Event(s)	Hurdles
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Australia Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 80 m hurdles 1964 Tokyo 80 m hurdles British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth 80 m hurdles 1962 Perth Long jump 1966 Kingston 80 m hurdles 1966 Kingston 4 x 110 yd relay 1970 Edinburgh 100 m hurdles 1970 Edinburgh 4 x 100 m relay
Updated on 13 September 2015.

Pamela Kilborn-Ryan, AM, MBE (born 12 August 1939) is an Australian former athlete who set world records as a hurdler. For three years, she was ranked as the world's top woman hurdler.

Kilborn was also an Olympic class sprinter, Long Jumper and pentathlete, and loved shot put, she also won a total of 17 individual Australian Championships between 1962 and 1972.

Kilborn was born on 12 August 1939 in Melbourne. She began competing in athletics there during the late 1950s. She competed for the University High School team, under coach Henri Schubert alongside her good friend Judy Amoore (later Pollock).

In 1960 she attempted to gain selection for the 1960 Summer Olympics but could only place third in the Australian Championships with only the first two athletes chosen. She was reputedly so ill during these Championships that she had to be assisted on the medal dais.

During 1961 her performances at both hurdles and long jump had improved substantially and she was ranked No. 4 and No. 10 in the world, respectively, at the end of the year.

At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, Kilborn became one of the stars of the Games, upsetting world-record holder Betty Moore in the 80 m hurdles race before winning the long jump contest ahead of two countrywomen Helen Frith (silver) and Janet Knee (bronze).

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