Pam Spencer

{{Short description|American high jumper (born 1957)}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's Athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1979 San Juan | High Jump}}

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Pamela Ann Spencer-Marquez (born October 8, 1957) is a retired high jumper from the United States, who set her personal best on 1981-08-28, jumping 1.97 metres at a meet in Brussels, Belgium. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in eleventh place (1.85 metres).

Spencer grew up in Great Falls, Montana and attended Great Falls High School where she set state records in the high jump. She later attended Seattle Pacific University and California State University, Northridge where she graduated in 1983.{{cite news |last=Mansch |first=Scott |date=May 18, 2015 |title=Track: Great Falls native to coach in Pan Am Games |url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/sports/2015/05/18/track-great-falls-native-coach-pan-games/27565191/ |work=Great Falls Tribune |access-date=January 2, 2019 }}

Spencer is a two-time national champion (1981 and 1984), and was a member of the 1976 and of the 1980 Olympic Teams which was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She did receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.{{cite book|last1=Caroccioli|first1=Tom|last2=Caroccioli|first2=Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|year=2008|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, IL|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243–253}} In 1981, she raised the American record twice, up to her personal best of 1.97 m. Spencer was also a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team.

Pam married Eric Marquez in 1982 and they have two children. They currently reside in Northridge, CA.