Raelene Boyle
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| Birth name | Raelene Ann Boyle |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
24 June 1951 Coburg, Victoria |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
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Raelene Ann Boyle AM, MBE (born 24 June 1951) is an Australian retired athlete, who represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals. In 1998, Boyle was named one of 100 National Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia. Boyle was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 and is a board member of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA).
Boyle was born on 24 June 1951, the daughter of Gilbert and Irene Boyle, in Coburg, a suburb of Melbourne. She was educated at Coburg High School in Melbourne.
Boyle was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 and ovarian cancer in 2000 and 2001.
Boyle works tirelessly to raise community awareness about breast cancer and has been a very active board member of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) since 1999.
Boyle currently lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland with her partner Judy Wild.
After strong performances in the 1968 Australian Championships and Olympic trials, Boyle was selected to represent Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, at the age of 16. At 17, she won a silver medal in the 200-metre sprint and placed 4th in the 100 metres. Setting world junior records in both distances of 22.73, and 11.20. The 200-metre mark lasted 12 years, before broken, the 100-metre 8 years.
Boyle competed in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, where she contributed to Australia's number one position on the medal tally with three gold medals, in the 100 and 200-metre sprints and the 4 × 100-metre relay.
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