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Patricia McKillop

1956 - Today

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Patricia ("Pat") Jean McKillop, née Fraser, and now Buckle also simply known as Pat McKillop (born 15 July 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patricia McKillop has received more than 32,822 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Patricia McKillop is the 4,691st most popular athlete (down from 3,908th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 35th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Zimbabwean Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Patricia McKillop ranks 4,691 out of 6,025Before her are Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Jin Ziwei, Reiko Tosa, Andreas Ihle, Simon Martirosyan, and Bianca Knight. After her are Dion Phaneuf, Meghan Agosta, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Rachael Taylor, Anamari Velenšek, and Nataliya Pryshchepa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Patricia McKillop ranks 820Before her are Bernard A. Harris Jr., Rebecca Kadaga, Tom McClintock, Oliver Letwin, Arundathi Nag, and Montel Williams. After her are Jim Talent, Anna Soubry, Lou Barletta, Kevin Meaney, Johannes Pretorius, and Yekaterina Smirnova.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Patricia McKillop ranks 41 out of 45Before her are Benjani Mwaruwari (1978), Tino Kadewere (1996), Sibusiso Moyo (1960), NoViolet Bulawayo (1981), Ann Grant (1955), and Nyasha Mushekwi (1987). After her are Marvelous Nakamba (1994), Knowledge Musona (1987), Debora Patta (1964), Brendan Galloway (1996), Aleksandr Sergeyev (null), and Donata Katai (2004).

Among ATHLETES In Zimbabwe

Among athletes born in Zimbabwe, Patricia McKillop ranks 5Before her are Liz Chase (1950), Susan Huggett (1954), Maureen George (1955), and Ann Grant (1955). After her are Peter Purcell-Gilpin (1994), Aleksandr Sergeyev (null), Dominique du Toit (1997), Rachel Klamer (1990), Ngoni Makusha (1994), and Taryn Mallett (1992).