Pamela Georgina Seaborne (née Elliott; 16 August 1935 – 26 April 2021) was a British

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She was the bronze medallist at the

1954 European Athletics Championships The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Medal summary Complete results were pub ...

. She also represented

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in the 80 metres hurdles at the

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: T ...

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, Canada. At national level, she was the under-17 winner of the 80-yard hurdles at the 1951 WAAA Intermediate and Junior Championships before going on to win the senior 80 metres hurdles title at the

WAAA Championships The WAAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) in England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event for women during its lifetime. Since 1880, the Amateur Athletic ...

in 1956.British Athletics Championships 1945-1959
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-13. She later married decathlete

Geoff Elliott Geoffrey Michael Elliott (7 April 1931 – 12 October 2014) was a pole vaulter, shot putter and decathlete from England. He was born in Ilford. Athletics career He represented Great Britain in both the pole vault and decathlon events at t ...

and immigrated to Canada in 1963, where she died on 26 April 2021 at the age of 85.

International competitions

National titles

**80 metres hurdles:

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seaborne, Pam 1935 births 2021 deaths British female hurdlers English female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games AAA Championships winners Athletes from London

International competitions

National titles

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