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 The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. 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 publis ...

. She also represented

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

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: The fi ...

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, 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 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

* WAAA Championships **80 metres hurdles:

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

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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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