Lynn Graham

Lynn Graham (born November 3, 1947) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the shot put. Graham was the Pan American Games gold medalist in 1971. She won six national titles in the shot put and one in the discus. Her lifetime personal record is , set in Garden Grove, California on May 28, 1971. At the age of seventeen she won national titles in both the shot put and discus throw at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. After 1965 she decided to focus mainly on the shot put instead, as it was her best event. but still she was selected to represent the United States at the 1967 Pan American Games held in Winnipeg. Still a teenager, Graham claimed her first major international medal – a silver – behind Canada's Nancy McCredie, who had entered as the defending champion.

Graham's teenage shot put exploits remained the best of the nation for over two decades, with her national high school record lasting until 1990, when it was bettered by Stephanie Wadsworth. In 1968 Graham aimed to make her first Olympic team, but losses to Seidler at both the Olympic trials event and the national championships meant her younger rival was selected instead. The standard of American women's throwing was some way behind Europeans during the period – Graham's best throws were around fifteen while Margitta Gummel won the Olympic title that year with a world record of .

Graham moved around clubs after this period, going from a Los Angeles-based club to the Millbrae Lions, then the Fresno Elans. The greatest win of her shot putting career came at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia. There she defeated Cuba's Grecia Hamilton to win the gold medal in a Pan American Games mark of . That same year she achieved her personal record of . Discus throw: 1965