Pat Spurgin
Encyclopedia
Pat Spurgin is an American
sports
shooter
, now living in Fairbanks, Alaska
. She competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics
. 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 the Alaska Nanooks
at the 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.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
sports
Shooting sports
A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
shooter
Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...
, now living in Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...
. She competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
. She became the first Olympic Champion in Air Rifle for Women, at the time being an 18 year old student at Murray State University
Murray State University
Murray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
.
Pat Pitney has volunteered as an assistant coach for the Alaska Nanooks
Alaska Nanooks
The Alaska Nanooks are the University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams, derived from the Inupiaq "nanuq." The school colors are blue and gold. The Nanooks compete at the NCAA Division II level for all sports except men's ice hockey...
at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....
for almost two decades. The team has won the NCAA Rifle Championship nine times since 1994.
The Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray, Kentucky
Murray, Kentucky
Murray is a city in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 17,741 at the 2010 census and has a micropolitan area population of 37,191. It is the 22nd largest city in Kentucky...
is named after her.