Christine Larson-Mason Explained

Christine Larson-Mason
Birth Place:	Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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Christine "Chris" Larson-Mason (born May 21, 1956, in Darby, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She had previously qualified for the 1980 Olympic team but did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. As consolation, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.^[1]

See also

• List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians

References

• databaseOlympics
• Interboro High School Hall of Fame
• Chris Larson Mason. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045305/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/chris-larson-mason-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Caroccioli. Tom. Caroccioli. Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. New Chapter Press. Highland Park, IL. 978-0942257403. 243–253.