Pam Seaborne
British hurdler
Pamela Georgina Elliott (née Seaborne; 16 August 1935 – 26 April 2021) was a British hurdler who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Seaborne was the under-17 winner of the 80-yard hurdles at the 1951 WAAA Intermediate and Junior Championships before finishing second behind Jean Desforges in the 80 metres hurldes event at the 1952 WAAA Championships.
Shortly afterwards she represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, competing in the women's 80 metres hurdles.
Seaborne finished second behind Jean Desforges again in the 80 metres hurdles event at the 1954 WAAA Championships. One month later she represented England in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.
Also during 1954, she was a bronze medallist at the 1954 European Athletics Championships.
After a third-place finish at the 1955 WAAA Championships, she married decathlete Geoff Elliott in London and then competed as Elliott thereafter. Elliott finally won the WAA title becoming national 80 metres hurdles national champion at the 1956 WAAA Championships.
The family emigrated to Canada in 1963, where she died on 26 April 2021 at the age of 85.
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