Patty Loverock

Patty Elaine Loverock is a Canadian retired sprinter who competed at the 1976 [Summer Olympics].

Biography

Loverock won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 relay at the Athletics at the 1970 [British Commonwealth Games|1970 British Commonwealth Games]. The following year she finished third behind fellow Canadian Stephanie Berto in the 200 metres at the British 1971 WAAA Championships. 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. She won a silver medal in the same event at the 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.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 and won a bronze medal at the World Student Games in Rome.
At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, she represented Canada 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], 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 Olympics, the team set a Canadian and Commonwealth record of 43.17 second finishing in 4th place.
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.