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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|Australian ~~former~~runner ~~runner\|bot=PearBOT~~(born 51940)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=March 2018}} Line 18: }} '''Judith Florence Amoore-Pollock''' (born 25 June 1940) is an Australian former [[track running\|runner]]. She was born in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria, Australia\|Victoria]]. At the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]], she won a bronze medal in the first [[400 metres]] race for females, only beaten by countrywoman [[Betty Cuthbert]] (gold) and Brit [[Ann Packer]] (silver).<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/judy-amoore-pollock-1.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174955/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/judy-amoore-pollock-1.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 April 2020\|title=Judy Amoore-Pollock\|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com\|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref> At the [[1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], she won the 440 yards race, a silver medal over 880 yards, and was fourth in the 220 yards.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oocities.org/geetee/bios/pollock.html\|title=Judy Pollock - Athletics Gold\|website=www.oocities.org\|accessdate=4 January 2018\|archive-date=4 March 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071151/http://www.oocities.org/geetee/bios/pollock.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> At the Australian championships in February 1964, she placed 3rd in 440 yards and 2nd in 880 yards. In 1966 she competed in 100 yards without reaching the final, but placed 3rd in 220 Yards, 1st in 440 yards and in 880 yards. In the state championships of Victoria, she won both 220, 440 and 880 yards races. Line 30: At the age of 36, she became the oldest Australian female Olympian at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. Running in the 800 metres, she just missed the final, clocking her fastest ever time of 1:59.93 for fifth in her semi-final. Despite setting another personal best time in the 1500 metres, she was run out of her heat.{{citation needed\|date=September 2018}} She was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~https://~~www.~~sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/~~member~~judy-~~profile~~pollock/~~?memberID=182&memberType=athlete~~\|title=Judy Pollock\|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame\|accessdate=1625 ~~December~~September ~~2013~~2020}}</ref> ==References== Line 36: == External links == * {{World Athletics\|name=Judy Pollock}} * {{IOC profile\|judith-florence-amoore-pollock\|Judith Florence Amoore Pollock}}▼ * {{SAHOF\|id=judy-pollock\|name=Judy Pollock}} * {{AOC profile\|name=Judith Pollock}} * {{Olympedia\|name=Judy Amoore-Pollock }} ▲* {{~~IOC~~Olympics.com profile\|judith-florence-amoore-pollock\|Judith Florence Amoore -Pollock}} * {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027100136/http://geocities.com/geetee/bios/pollock.html \|date=27 October 2009 \|title=Profile at Geocities.com }} * {{webarchive \|url=https://archive.istoday/20120309082930/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete112.htm \|date=9 March 2012 \|title=Profile at Athletics Australia }} <br /> Line 56 ⟶ 60: [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic athletes offor Australia]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Australia]] [[Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (~~Australia~~state)]] [[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia]] [[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia]] Line 65 ⟶ 69: [[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics]] [[Category:Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:~~Sportspeople~~Athletes from Melbourne]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)]] [[Category:Olympic female sprinters]] [[Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] [[Category:Australian Athletics Championships winners]]