Robyn Edna Lorraway (née Strong) (born 20 July 1961) was an Australian long jumper from Australia winning medals at the

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Biography

As Robyn Strong, she moved from Victoria to become an inaugural

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athletics scholarship holder. She was coached by Kelvin Giles. At the

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in Brisbane, she won the silver medal in the Women's Long Jump. After the Games, she married

Ken Lorraway Kenneth ("Ken") John Lorraway (6 February 1956 – 4 January 2007) was an Australian triple jumper, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1984 and Commonwealth Games: 1978 and 1982. His best Olympic result was ...

. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she finished sixth in the final on the Women's Long Jump. At the

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, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Long Jump. She won the Australian national Women's Long Jump title in 1983, 1984 and 1986. At the national titles, she came second in the Women's 100 m hurdles from 1979 to 1982. Her husband Ken died suddenly in 2007. They had three children - two boys Alex and Sebastian and a daughter Madeline. Alex has followed in his father's footsteps as a triple jumper. In 1985, she was ACT Female Sportstar of the Year.

References

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Australian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Living people 1961 births 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub