Pat Spurgin

Pat Spurgin

Patricia "Pat" Spurgin (later "Pitney", born August 10, 1965) is an American sports shooter, now living in Fairbanks, Alaska. She competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SPURGPAT01 Profile: "Pat Spurgin"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on January 13, 2008)] She became the first Olympic Champion in Air Rifle for Women, at the time being an 18 year old student at Murray State University, Kentucky.

Pat Pitney has volunteered as an assistant coach for Alaska Nanooks at University of Alaska Fairbanks for almost two decades. The team has won the NCAA Rifle Championship nine times since 1994.

The "Pat Spurgin Rifle Range" in Murray, Kentucky is named after her. [http://enroll.murraystate.edu/spurgin_rifle_range.cfm?TID=00&CFID=603031&CFTOKEN=69056444 SPURGIN RIFLE RANGE] (Retrieved on January 13, 2008)]

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