{{Short description|English hurdler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Pat Pryce<br>(née Nutting) | image = Mary Rand, Lia Hinten, Pat Pryce 1964.jpg | image_size = | caption = Mary Rand, Lia Hinten and Pat Pryce in 1964 | nationality = British (English) |birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1942|1|4}} | birth_place = Willesden, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = | sport = Athletics | event = Hurdling | club = Ruislip & Northwood AC<br>Hillingdon AC | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }}
'''Patricia Anne Pryce''' (née '''Nutting;''' born 4 January 1942) is an English former hurdler who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 summer Olympics.
== Biography == Nutting finished second behind Carole Quinton in the 80 metres hurdles event at the 1958 WAAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19580608/220/0012 |title=England's Girl Athletes Can Hold Australians |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=8 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 February 2025 }}</ref> and then third behind Mary Bignal the following year at the 1959 WAAA Championships and third behind Quinton in 1960.<ref name=NUTS>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=19 February 2025}}</ref>
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, she represented Great Britain in the 80 metres hurdles event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68743 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 February 2025}}</ref>
A WAAA title eluded her until she became the national 200 metres hurdles champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1961 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19610709/027/0027 |title=Britain find a stand-in for Carole - From Australia |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=9 July 1961 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 February 2025 }}</ref> The longer distance suited her and she retained the title at the 1962 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19620708/031/0031 |title=Golden girls serve up a record rush |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=8 July 1962 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=19 February 2025 }}</ref>
Later that year, Nutting represented England in the 80 metres hurdles and long jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref> At the 1963 WAAA Championships, Nutting won three titles, all over the hurdles at distances of 80, 100 and 200 metres.<ref name=NUTS/>
Nutting married frederick Pryce in early 1964 and competed under her married name thereafter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=229808674:6652&d=bmd_1737698379 |title=Marriages |website=Free BMD |access-date=19 February 2025 }}</ref> and she duly retained both the 80 and 100 metres title at the 1964 WAAA Championships.<ref name=NUTS/>
Pryce competed in the 80 metres hurdles in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40958|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
Pryce won her eighth and last WAAA Championships title in the 80 metres hurdles at 1968 WAAA Championships.<ref name=NUTS/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links==
{{Commons category|Pat Pryce-Nutting}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035916/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/pat-pryce-nutting-1.html Pat Pryce-Nutting]. sports-reference.com
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