She starred in several events, and was thus a natural competitor in the pentathlon (which was replaced by the heptathlon in 1981). In 1978, she qualified for the Commonwealth Games, but could not compete because of an injury.
Because of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, Nunn was one of the medal candidates for the Olympic title, too. The competition was incredibly close, with five athletes fighting for the medals. After the competition, there was confusion about who had won, but when the smoke cleared, Nunn had scored 6390 points, five more than runner-up Jackie Joyner-Kersee. In addition to her gold medal, Nunn was also placed fifth in the 100 m hurdles event, and seventh in the long jump.
After the Olympics, Nunn abandoned the heptathlon, and switched to hurdling. She was hampered by many injuries, but managed to win a bronze medal in the high hurdles event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. She quit sports in 1990.
glynis, nunn, glynis, leanne, nunn, cearns, née, saunders, formerly, nunn, born, december, 1960, former, australian, heptathlete, first, olympic, champion, event, born, toowoomba, queensland, began, competing, athletics, when, student, toowoomba, south, state,. Glynis Leanne Nunn Cearns nee Saunders formerly Nunn OAM 1 2 born 4 December 1960 is a former Australian heptathlete the first Olympic champion in the event Born in Toowoomba Queensland she began competing in athletics at age 9 when she was a student at Toowoomba South State School Glynis Nunn Medal record Women s Athletics Representing Australia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Heptathlon Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Heptathlon 1986 Edinburgh 100m Hurdles She starred in several events and was thus a natural competitor in the pentathlon which was replaced by the heptathlon in 1981 In 1978 she qualified for the Commonwealth Games but could not compete because of an injury By the time of the 1982 Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane she had married decathlete Chris Nunn and that year the couple moved to Adelaide in South Australia where Chris was studying for a physical education degree at the South Australian College of Advanced Education In the first heptathlon competition at the Games she upset the English favourite and took the title At the inaugural World Championships a year later she was placed 7th Because of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott Nunn was one of the medal candidates for the Olympic title too The competition was incredibly close with five athletes fighting for the medals After the competition there was confusion about who had won but when the smoke cleared Nunn had scored 6390 points five more than runner up Jackie Joyner Kersee In addition to her gold medal Nunn was also placed fifth in the 100 m hurdles event and seventh in the long jump After the Olympics Nunn abandoned the heptathlon and switched to hurdling She was hampered by many injuries but managed to win a bronze medal in the high hurdles event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games She quit sports in 1990 Recognition editIn 1985 Nunn received a Medal of the Order of Australia and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame 1 3 She received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 4 References edit a b Nunn Glynis Leanne OAM It s an Honour Archived from the original on 12 March 2023 Retrieved 8 January 2012 Nunn Glynis Australian Women s Register Retrieved 14 December 2013 Glynis Nunn Sport Australia Hall of Fame Retrieved 25 September 2020 NUNN CEARNS Glynis Australian Sports Medal It s an Honour Archived from the original on 20 October 2019 Retrieved 14 December 2013 External links editGlynis Nunn at World Athletics nbsp Profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Glynis Nunn amp oldid 1194525683, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
