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{{Short description|Australian sprinter (born 1951)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Raelene Boyle<br /><small>[[Order of Australia|AM]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
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| birth_name = Raelene Ann Boyle
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|06|24}}
| birth_place = [[Coburg, Victoria]], Australia
| nationality = Australian
| known_for = Athlete & cancer support campaigner
| sport = Running
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|200 metres]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|100 metres]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|200 metres]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1970 Commonwealth Games|1970 Edinburgh]] | 100 metres }}
{{MedalGold | 1970 Edinburgh | 200 metres }}
{{MedalGold | 1970 Edinburgh | 4×100m relay }}
{{MedalGold | [[1974 Commonwealth Games|1974 Christchurch]] | 100 metres }}
{{MedalGold | 1974 Christchurch | 200 metres }}
{{MedalGold | 1974 Christchurch | 4×100m relay }}
{{MedalGold | [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | 400 metres }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | 100 metres }}
{{MedalSilver | 1982 Brisbane | 4×400m relay }}
}}

'''Raelene Ann Boyle''' {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AM|MBE}} (born 24 June 1951) is an Australian retired athlete, who represented Australia at three [[Olympic Games]] as a [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]], winning three silver medals, and was named one of 100 [[Australian Living Treasures|National Living Treasures]] by the [[National Trust of Australia]] in 1998.  Boyle was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 and subsequently became a board member of [[Breast Cancer Network Australia]] (BCNA). In 2017, she was named a Legend in the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]].

==Early life==
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Boyle was born on 24 June 1951, the daughter of Gilbert and Irene Boyle, in [[Coburg, Victoria|Coburg]], a suburb of [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-18 |title=Raelene Boyle AM MBE Results {{!}} Commonwealth Games Australia |url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/raelene-boyle-am-mbe/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=commonwealthgames.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> She was educated at [[Coburg High School]] in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.coburghighhistorical.org/notable-former-students.html | title=Notable Former Students }}</ref>

==Sporting career==
After strong performances in the 1968 [[Australian Championships in Athletics|Australian Championships]] and Olympic trials, Boyle was selected to represent Australia at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in Mexico City, at the age of 16.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131676388|title=Australia's relay girls equal world record|date=12 October 1968|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=30}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/raelene-boyle-1.html |title=Raelene Boyle |access-date=24 September 2020 |archive-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164915/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/raelene-boyle-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At 17, she won a silver medal in the 200-metre [[Sprint (running)|sprint]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131678029|title=A colourful day for Australia's girls|date=21 October 1968|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=14}}</ref> and placed 4th in the [[100 metres]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131783585|title=THE BIG SHOCK IN A 'SHOCKING' TEAM|date=10 May 1969|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=30}}</ref> Setting [[List of world junior records in athletics|world junior records]] in both distances, of 22.73 and 11.20 seconds. The 200-metre record lasted 12 years before being broken; the 100-metre 8 years. The 100-metre time stood as an Australian junior record for five and half decades until it was broken in 2025 by [[Leah O'Brien (sprinter)|Leah O'Brien]] in Perth.<ref>{{cite web|website=The Guardian|accessdate=9 April 2025|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/09/leah-obrien-breaks-raelene-boyle-100m-record-australia|title=Australian sprinter Leah O'Brien breaks Raelene Boyle's 57-year-old 100m record|first=Jack|last=Snape|date=9 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/athletics/teenager-leah-obrien-breaks-57yearold-raelene-boyle-record/news-story/4c3b57ee2ccfad8284cf2fc9dfcca701?amp|website=News.com.au|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Teenager Leah O'Brien breaks 57-year-old Raelene Boyle record|first=Matthew|last=Sullivan|date=9 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://wwos.nine.com.au/athletics/australian-junior-championships-leah-obrien-100m-record-raelene-boyle/e662f0cd-6b26-4507-8f62-51621139ffb7|website=Nine.com.au|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Crazy': WA schoolgirl breaks sprint record set by Raelene Boyle 57 years ago|date=8 April 2025|first=Zachary|last= Gates }}</ref> Boyle and O'Brien met after the race and Boyle congratulated her for breaking her 57 year-old record.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-afternoons/raelene-and-leah/105155986|website=abc.net.au|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Congratulations'; Raelene Boyle meets schoolgirl who broke her 57 year record|first=Brigitte|last=Duclos|date=9 April 2025}}</ref>

Boyle competed in the [[1970 British Commonwealth Games]] in Edinburgh, where she contributed to Australia's number one position on the medal tally with three gold medals, in the 100 and 200-metre sprints<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110333477|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES Raelene Boyle wins 200m gold|date=23 July 1970|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=30|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924190901/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110333477|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 4 × 100-metre [[relay]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250234055|title=Games end Circus style|date=27 July 1970|work=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=7}}</ref>

At the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympics]] in Munich, Boyle collected two more silver medals, in the 100-metre<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102002436|title=FIRST TRACK MEDAL|date=4 September 1972|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=12}}</ref> and 200-metre sprints.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102003348|title=Cycling success|date=9 September 1972|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=38|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924190925/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102003348|url-status=live}}</ref> In both races, she came second to East German [[Renate Stecher]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136969102|title=Miss Boyle finds new enthusiasm|date=6 April 1973|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=26|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924190928/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136969102|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1974, at the [[Christchurch]] [[1974 British Commonwealth Games|British Commonwealth Games]], Boyle duplicated her results at the Edinburgh Games, winning three more gold medals in the same three events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110759846|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES|date=4 February 1974|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=16}}</ref> Breaking the games record in both the 100 metres 11.27 and 200 metres<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110759030|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES|date=30 January 1974|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=28|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191000/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110759030|url-status=live}}</ref> with a 22.50 clocking. Later that year in July, Boyle won both the 100 and 200 metres British [[WAAA Championships]] titles at the [[1974 WAAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19740722/291/0012 |title=Midland Girl Shocks Champion |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=22 July 1974 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025  }}</ref><ref>{{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=7 March 2025}}</ref>

In January 1976, she and her team-mates beat an eight year old world record for the 4 × 200 metre relay in Brisbane.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250318366|title=World record in Brisbane|date=27 January 1976|work=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (Port Moresby : 1969 – 1981)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=17|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191002/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250318366|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Olympics]] in Montreal, Boyle finished fourth in the final of the 100-metre sprint,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110818960|title=Second bronze medal|date=27 July 1976|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=1|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191025/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110818960|url-status=live}}</ref> but was disqualified from the 200-metre-race for making two false starts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110819659|title=Raelene faces the morning after|date=31 July 1976|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=38|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191006/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110819659|url-status=live}}</ref> A video [[Instant replay|replay]] later showed that she had not false started on her first start. However, Boyle did receive the honour of acting as the flag bearer for the Australian team, the first woman to do so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110817544|title=BOYLE TO CARRY FLAG|date=16 July 1976|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=1|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191006/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110817544|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110817869|title=Opening of eye-catching colour|date=19 July 1976|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=12}}</ref>

Boyle was unable to replicate her previous Commonwealth success at the [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Edmonton]], winning only a silver medal in the 100-metre sprint<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110901824|title=Australia wins more golds|date=9 August 1978|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=34}}</ref> before withdrawing from the 200m and relay due to injury.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110903020|title=Tendon operation for Raelene Boyle|date=16 August 1978|work=Canberra Times|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=40}}</ref>

Boyle was selected to compete in the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympics]] in Moscow but eventually withdrew from the team for what she stated were personal reasons, during the long dispute within Australian sporting circles over whether to join the [[1980 Summer Olympics#American-led boycott|USA led boycott]] of the Games.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vO5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gpIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2232%2C4998768 "Crushed", Raelene Boyle pulls out of Olympics, ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 27 May 1980), p.1.]</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110959507|title=&quot;Personal reasons&quot; Boyle pulls out of Olympics|date=27 May 1980|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=20|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191036/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110959507|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110959404|title=Ministers attack AOF decision on Olympics|date=27 May 1980|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=1|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191010/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110959404|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110959716|title=Top Swimmer, Coach Quit- More decide not to go to Moscow|date=29 May 1980|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=1}}</ref>

Her final major competitive appearance was at the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Brisbane]], where she won gold in the 400-metre sprint,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126875533|title=Boyle achieves goal in NZ|date=31 January 1982|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=26|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191026/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126875533|url-status=live}}</ref> and silver in the 4 × 400-metre relay.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116475182|title=ATHLETICS Canberra links for Boyle|date=12 October 1982|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=19}}</ref>

Through her successful career, Boyle won seven gold and two silver medals at the [[Commonwealth Games]], in addition to her three silver medals at the [[Olympic Games]].

Many East German athletes were later revealed to have used anabolic steroids within a systematic state-sponsored doping program. Boyle has stated she believes that she would have won gold at the 1972 Olympics if not for drug use by her competitor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csy9df|title=HARDtalk – Former East German sprinter – Ines Geipel – BBC Sounds|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704114605/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csy9df|archive-date=4 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] only banned the use of anabolic steroids in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsanddrugs.procon.org/questions/what-performance-enhancing-drugs-have-been-or-are-banned-in-the-olympics/|title=What Performance Enhancing Drugs Have Been or Are Banned in the Olympics? - Drug Use in Sports - ProCon.org|website=Drug Use in Sports|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191012/https://sportsanddrugs.procon.org/questions/what-performance-enhancing-drugs-have-been-or-are-banned-in-the-olympics/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Honours==

*[[1974 Birthday Honours|15 June 1974]] – appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) for services to sport.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWBmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22raylene+boyle%22|title=The A to Z of who is who in Australia's History|last=Elder|first=Bruce|date=1987|publisher=Child & Associates Publishing Pty Limited|pages=71|isbn=9780867773705 |language=en|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174258/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tWBmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22raylene+boyle%22&dq=%22raylene+boyle%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ0eGB2ZffAhXPfisKHdH4CX8Q6AEIWjAJ|archive-date=15 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*1974 – awarded the [[ABC Sports Award of the Year|ABC Sportsman of the Year Award]]<ref name=":0" />
*1985 – inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/raelene-boyle/|title=Raelene Boyle|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
*1991 – received an "award for excellence" in her sport, and for contributions to the Commonwealth Games by the [[Australian Commonwealth Games Association]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122375030|title=Boyle among 5 awards for excellence|date=2 August 1991|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=11 December 2018|pages=28|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924191030/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122375030|url-status=live}}</ref>
*25 September 1989 – awarded the [[Douglas Wilkie Medal]] by the [[Anti-Football League]], for doing the least for football in the best and fairest manner.
*2000 – Boyle pushed [[Betty Cuthbert]] in her wheelchair in the torch relay during the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] Opening Ceremony.
*2000 – awarded [[Australian Sports Medal]].<ref name="honour" />
*2001 – awarded [[Centenary Medal]].<ref name="honour" />
*2004 – inducted into the [[Athletics Australia]] Hall of Fame.<ref name="aa">{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame|url=http://athletics.com.au/About-Us/Hall-of-Fame|website=Athletics Australia website|date=22 March 2017 |access-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213170923/http://athletics.com.au/About-Us/Hall-of-Fame|archive-date=13 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2007 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2007]] – appointed as a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] (AM) for service to the community through a range of roles with organisations that support people with cancer, particularly Breast Cancer Network Australia.<ref name="GG 2007">{{cite web | url=http://www.gg.gov.au/content.php/page/id/57 | title=The Queen's Birthday 2007 Honours List | publisher=The Australian Honours Secretariat | access-date=29 July 2022|archive-date=17 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617194314/http://www.gg.gov.au/content.php/page/id/57}}</ref><ref name="honour">{{cite web|title=Raelene Boyle|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au|website=It's An Honour|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515213714/http://itsanhonour.gov.au/|archive-date=15 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2013 – named in Australia's Top 100 Sportswomen of All Time.
*2017 – upgraded to a [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards#Legends|Sport Australia Hall of Fame Legend]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Baum|first1=Greg|title=Gold goes better with green, says Legend Raelene Boyle|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/gold-goes-better-with-green-says-legend-raelene-boyle-20171012-gyzt6x.html|access-date=12 October 2017|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012213026/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/gold-goes-better-with-green-says-legend-raelene-boyle-20171012-gyzt6x.html|archive-date=12 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Boyle was diagnosed with cancer in 1996 and [[ovarian cancer]] in 2000 and 2001.

Boyle works to raise community awareness about breast cancer and has been a very active board member of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) since 1999.<ref>Webb, Carolyn. [http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourne-life/a-birthday-bash-for-raelene-boyle-20110630-1gsuh.html A birthday bash for Raelene Boyle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723020822/http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourne-life/a-birthday-bash-for-raelene-boyle-20110630-1gsuh.html |date=23 July 2011 }}. ''[[The Age]]''. 1 July 2011.</ref>

Boyle currently lives on the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] in [[Queensland]] with her partner Judy Wild.

== See also ==

* [[List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)]]
* [[Australian athletics champions (Women)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* [http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete200.htm Raelene Boyle] at Australian Athletics Historical Results
* {{Sport Australia Hall of Fame|raelene-boyle}}
* {{Australian Olympic Committee}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* [http://www.sportingchance.com.au Sporting Chance Cancer Foundation]
* {{Australian Women's Register|IMP0176b|Raelene Ann Boyle}}
* [http://www.bcna.org.au/about-bcna/our-people/board-members Board members: Raelene Boyle Breast Cancer Network Australia]
* [http://www.elitesports.com.au/esp_site/main/talent/athlete_profiles/024.html Raelene Boyle – Elite Sports Australia]
* [http://www.national.com.au/Sponsorships/0,,63417,00.html Ambassadors: Raelene Boyle  – National Australia Bank]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027100115/http://geocities.com/geetee/bios/raelene.html |date=27 October 2009 |title=Graham Thomas – Biography of Raelene Boyle}}
* [http://www.sportforwomen.com.au/blog/australia-s-top-100-sportswomen-of-all-time/: Australia's Top 100 Sportswomen of All Time – Sports for women]

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