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'''Patty Loverock''' (born 21 February 1953) is a Canadian [[sprint (running)|sprinter]]. She competed in the [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|women's 100 metres]] and [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metres|200 metres]] at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], where she got to the semi-finals in both events. She set a Canadian record of 23.03 in her quarter-final of the women's [[200 metres]]. Loverock ran second leg of the women's [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at the [[Montreal]] Olympics, the team set a Canadian and Commonwealth record of 43.17 second finishing in 4th place.
 
She finished second in the [[Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975 Pan American Games]] 100 metres and third in the [[4 × 100 metres relay]]. Patty would take a bronze medal at the [[Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]] in Rome. At the [[1971 Pan American Games]] Loverock finished eighth in the 200 metres. She would finished eighth in the [[200 metres]] at the 1974 [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[Christchurch]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/patty-loverock-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/patty-loverock-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Patty Loverock Olympic Results |access-date=3 July 2017}}</ref> She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 relay at the [[Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games|1970 British Commonwealth Games]] and a silver medal in the same event at the [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Games]] in Edmonton. She won a silver and bronze medal in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at two [[Pacific Conference Games]] in 1973 and 1977. In 1978 she set a world indoor record for 60 yards, with a time of 6.78. Patty also set the Canadian record for the [[100 metres]] with at time of 11.34, in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=httphttps://www.bcsportshalloffamebcsportshall.com/inducteeshonoured_member/inducteespatty-loverock/bio?id=201&type=person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922121332/http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com/inductees/inductees/bio?id=201&type=person|url-status=usurpedlive|archive-date=22 September 2015|title = usurpedBC titleSports Hall of Fame and Museum}}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:Canadian female sprinters]]
[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada]]
[[Category:AthletesTrack and field athletes from Vancouver]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games]]
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada]]
[[Category:UniversiadeFISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games]]
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[[Category:Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Canadian Track and Field Championships winners]]