Pam Kilborn

Pam Ryan (actually, Pamela Ryan, nee Kilborn, born August 12, 1939 in Melbourne ) is a former Australian athlete.

Kilborn won at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1962 in Perth, the Gold medal in the 80 - meter hurdles before the Englishwoman Betty Moore ( silver) and the New Zealander Avis McIntosh (Bronze ) as well as the gold medal in the long jump ahead of the two Australians Helen Frith (Silver) and Janet Knee ( Bronze). In the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1966 in Kingston, she won the gold medal in the discipline 80 - meter hurdles before the Jamaican Carmen Smith ( silver) and the Canadian Jenny Wingerson ( Bronze) as well as the gold medal in the 4 x 100 -meter relay. Also in 1970 she won the gold medal, now in the 100 - meter hurdles in front of the Australian Maureen Caird ( silver) and the Englishwoman Christine Bell ( Bronze) as well as the gold medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay.

In 1967 she broke the established by the British Christine Perera world record of 13.7 s and improved this in 1969 itself two more times to 13.3 s

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, she won the bronze medal behind Karin Balzer from the GDR and the Polish Teresa Ciepły (silver). At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she won the silver medal at the last time carried out as an Olympic discipline 80 - meter hurdles, behind the Australian Maureen Caird and before the Taiwanese Chi Cheng. In the 1972 Olympics she was about 100 m hurdles Fourth.