Coleen Pekin (born 10 July 1957) is an Australian former sprinter.
She won 3 bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games: the 200 metres in 1978, the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1978, and the 100 metres in 1982.
She was initially selected for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, before being dropped. She retired from racing in 1983 to start a family.
Her daughter Lyndsay Pekin competed as a sprinter and hurdler at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
References
- Coleen Pekin at World Athletics
- Colleen Pekin - Results History, Commonwealth Games Australia
- ^ WA’s Lyndsay Pekin strives for family Olympics Games dream, Perth Now, 14 November 2015
- "Athletes filled with great expectations". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 1983.
- Living people
- Sportswomen from Western Australia
- Australian female sprinters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- 1957 births
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen