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Patricia McKillop

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Patricia ("Pat") Jean McKillop, née Fraser, and now Buckle also simply known as Pat McKillop (born July 15, 1956) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Because of the boycott led by the United States in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, only the Soviet team remained. The Soviets and international Olympic authorities then invited countries that had not qualified for the tournament. A late request was sent to the government of the African nation, which hastily assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Patricia McKillop is the 4,533rd most popular athlete (up from 5,194th in 2024), the 40th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Zimbabwean Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Patricia McKillop ranks 4,533 out of 6,025. Before her are Tamirat Tola, Zulia Calatayud, Andraž Vehovar, Mark Zabel, Lorraine Fenton, and Paavo Puurunen. After her are Andrea Tagwerker, Ivet Lalova-Collio, Snežana Pajkić, Eeke van Nes, Yevhen Braslavets, and Michelle Finn-Burrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Patricia McKillop ranks 802. Before her are Tom McClintock, Tessa Sanderson, Phil Ford, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Ted Haggard, and Pat McCrory. After her are Kevin R. Kregel, George Burley, Ann Curry, Ray Nagin, Ashoke Sen, and Oliver Letwin.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Patricia McKillop ranks 40 out of 45. Before her are Derek Chisora (1983), Ann Grant (1955), Wayne Black (1973), Clare Carey (1967), Rick Cosnett (1983), and Benjani Mwaruwari (1978). After her are Tino Kadewere (1996), Belinda Stowell (1971), Tendai Ndoro (1985), Nyasha Mushekwi (1987), Aleksandr Sergeyev (null), and NoViolet Bulawayo (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In Zimbabwe

Among athletes born in Zimbabwe, Patricia McKillop ranks 5. Before her are Liz Chase (1950), Susan Huggett (1954), Maureen George (1955), and Ann Grant (1955). After her are Belinda Stowell (1971), Aleksandr Sergeyev (null), Colin Smith (1983), Ngonidzashe Makusha (1987), Rachel Klamer (1990), Ngoni Makusha (1994), and Peter Purcell-Gilpin (1994).

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