Patrice Donnelly
Encyclopedia
Patrice Donnelly is an Olympic
hurdler who also acted
in film
s.
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In 1976, she was engaged to be married to Peter Schmock, a fellow track-and-field competitor at the Olympic Games that year.
She was on the 1975 All-America team for the 100-meter hurdles.
as a 100-meter hurdler for the United States
, but did not win any medals at the Games.
pentathlete
. She also served as a technical advisor
on the film. She also went on to play 'Danielle', the stern assistant coach in the 1986 movie American Anthem
.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
hurdler who also acted
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
in film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s.
Biography
Donnelly was born April 30, 1950, and later attended Grossmont CollegeGrossmont College
Grossmont College is a community college located in El Cajon, California, in the county of San Diego. The campus sits in the Fletcher Hills community of El Cajon and is bordered by the cities of San Diego and Santee. Grossmont College is one of the two colleges that make up the Grossmont-Cuyamaca...
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In 1976, she was engaged to be married to Peter Schmock, a fellow track-and-field competitor at the Olympic Games that year.
Career in hurdling
Once the fourth-ranked hurdler in the world, Donnelly set the college record for the women's 100 meter hurdle at 13.5 seconds in 1970.She was on the 1975 All-America team for the 100-meter hurdles.
1976 Olympics
Donnelly attended the 1976 Summer Olympics1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
as a 100-meter hurdler for the United States
United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 396 competitors, 278 men and 118 women, took part in 189 events in 19 sports.-Medalists:...
, but did not win any medals at the Games.
Career in film
Donnelly's film debut was in the 1982 film Personal Best, wherein she played an OlympicOlympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
pentathlete
Women's pentathlon
The pentathlon is a sports contest made up of five events . The women's pentathlon was contested in the Olympics from 1964 until 1980, and it was replaced in the 1984 Games with the heptathlon. It had a different set of events than the ancient Olympic pentathlon...
. She also served as a technical advisor
Technical advisor
A technical advisor is an individual who is expert in a particular field of knowledge, hired to provide detailed information and advice to people working in that field...
on the film. She also went on to play 'Danielle', the stern assistant coach in the 1986 movie American Anthem
American Anthem
American Anthem is a 1986 American film produced by Lorimar Motion Pictures and released in North America by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Albert Magnoli, and starred Mitch Gaylord and Janet Jones. The subject of the film was a football player turned gymnast that was seeking to join the...
.