Catherine ("Cathy") Ann Sulinski (born April 3, 1958, in

San Francisco, California San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

) is a retired

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er from the

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. She competed for her native country at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

, finishing in tenth place (58.38 metres) in the final. She competed in the

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for the

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and the Cal State Hayward track and field teams.

International competitions

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1958 births Living people Track and field athletes from San Francisco American female javelin throwers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-javelinthrow-athletics-bio-stub Chico State Wildcats women's track and field athletes Cal State East Bay Pioneers women's track and field athletes