PattiSue Plumer

PattiSue Plumer (born April 27, 1962 in Covina, California) is a retired long-distance runner from the United States, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea).

Plumer has remained a force in American running ever since her Stanford University days. In 1985, a taxi in Yokohama hit her, breaking her leg. That cost her nine months of training. A foot injury scratched her 1987 season. A severe bout with pneumonia that December nearly killed her; it was her sixth encounter with the illness. She nevertheless made the Olympic team the next summer, but food poisoning slowed her in the Seoul Games. In 1991, she finished 12th in the World Championships 1,500 metres, after getting bitten by a dog prior to the race.

Reference

* [http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/oldBios/1997/plumer.asp USTAF Profile]