RaNae Jean Bair is a retired female javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

er from the United States

United States

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, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1964 and 1968. Affiliated with the San Diego State University

San Diego State University

San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...

 she set her personal best (59.82 metres) in 1967.

She later married UCLA distance runner (an Olympic hopeful himself) Bob Seaman, who has gone on to be an award winning USATF official and administrator.

Achievements

Representing the
1964	Olympic Games 1964 Summer Olympics The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...	Tokyo, Japan	13th	46.89 m
1967	Pan American Games Athletics at the 1967 Pan American Games The Athletics Competition at the 1967 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...	Winnipeg, Canada	2nd	51.64 m
	World Student Games Athletics at the 1967 Summer Universiade Athletics events were contested at the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo, Japan.-Men’s events:-Women’s events:-Medal table:-References:* - GBR Athletics* - GBR Athletics...	Tokyo, Japan	1st
1968	Olympic Games 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...	Mexico City, Mexico	11th	53.14 m