Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Toy Joan•Dorgan (-Martin) |
Used name | Toy•Dorgan |
Born | 29 December 1946 in Springfield, Illinois (USA) |
Measurements | 168 cm / 58 kg |
NOC | United States |
Toy Dorgan was on the US national speed skating team in 1967-68. She attended the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1970. Dorgan later emigrated to Australia, marrying Australian Olympic cross-country skier Ross Martin. There she took up cross-country skiing, winning the Australian national title in that sport five times. She also began orienteering, representing Australia internationally in that sport. Dorgan-Martin became a writer, writing a series of children’s books on horses and horse riding, called the Taronga Road Riders.
Personal Bests: 500 – 47.9 (1968); 1000 – 1:39.4 (1968); 1500 – 2:33.8 (1968); 3000 – 5:17.6 (1968).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1968 Winter Olympics | Speed Skating (Skating) | USA | Toy Dorgan | |||
3,000 metres, Women (Olympic) | 14 |