- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2191
Flintoff-King, Debbie
- OAM
- Flintoff, Debbie
- Born 20 April 1960, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete
Summary
Debbie Flintoff-King was a hard-working, determined athlete who became an Olympic champion in the gruelling 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.
Events
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1988
Athletics – 400m Hurdles
Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympic Games -
1984
Competed in Los Angeles
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1986
Athletics – 400m Hurdles, 400m
Gold Medalist at Edinburgh Commonwealth Games -
1982
Athletics – 400m Hurdles
Gold Medalist at Brisbane Commonwealth Games
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Flintoff-King, Debbie (1960-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-521114
- Australia at the Games, Australian Olympic Committee, 2006, http://corporate.olympics.com.au/index.cfm?p=25
- Edited Book
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Site Exhibition
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html