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| Born | Billie Jo Patricia Daniels (1943-09-01)September 1, 1943 (age 82) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Education | Brigham Young University |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1] |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pentathlon |
| Club | San Mateo Track & Field Association |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 1960, 1964, 1968 |
| Personalbest(s) | 200 m – 24.0 (1967) 440 yd – 56.1 (1967) 800 m – 2:13.1 (1961) 80 mH – 11.4 (1970) 100 mH – 14.4 (1970) HJ – 1.71 m (1967) LJ – 6.25 m (1967) SP – 14.07 m (1971) DT – 40.23 m (1973) Pen – 4880 (1967)[1][2] |
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Billie Jo Patricia "Pat" Daniels (in first marriageWinslow, in second marriageBank, in third marriageConnolly; born September 1, 1943) is a retired femalepentathlete and track and field coach from the United States, who was the U.S. track and field national champion in the 800 m in 1960 and 1961 and in the pentathlon from 1961 to 1967 and in 1970. She was national long jump champion in 1967.[3] She won the gold medal in the pentathlon at the1967 Pan American Games inWinnipeg, Canada. A three-time Olympian (1960, 1964, 1968), she placed seventh in 1964 and sixth in 1968. She first represented the US in 1960, running just five days after her 17th birthday, days before beginning her senior year atCapuchino High School inSan Bruno, California.[1]
She was the first coach of the women's track and field team at theUniversity of California Los Angeles, which she led toAIAW national championships in 1975 and 1977. In 1983, she coached UCLA alumnaEvelyn Ashford to aworld record in the women's 100 m, set inColorado Springs. In 1984, she coached Ashford to gold medals in the women's100 m and4 × 100 m relay at theOlympic Games in Los Angeles and later that year to a new world record in the 100 m of 10.76 seconds, set in Zurich.[4]
She became head men's and women's track and field coach atRadford University in 1998 and was namedBig South Coach of the Year in 2001 before retiring the following year. In 2004, she came out of retirement to coachAllyson Felix to a silver medal andworld junior record in the women's 200 m at theOlympic Games in Athens.
In 1989, she testified before a Senate hearing on steroid abuse chaired by SenatorJoseph Biden. She has published numerous articles in publications, includingThe New York Times, on the subject of performance-enhancing drugs. She is author ofCoaching Evelyn: Fast, Faster, Fastest Woman in the World.[5] She was married to American hammer thrower and OlympianHal Connolly until his death in 2010. In 2010, she was inducted into the African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame.[6] Also, starting in 2010, she began coaching forGilman School inBaltimore, Maryland. She helped coach the Greyhounds to championships in the MIAA for both indoor and outdoor track and field.
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