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Eliza Pollock
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Medal record
Women's archery
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold 1904 St. Louis Team round
Bronze 1904 St. Louis Double National round
Bronze 1904 St. Louis Double Columbia round

Lida Peyton "Eliza" Pollock (October 24, 1840 – May 25, 1919) was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century. She won two bronze medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double national and Columbia rounds and a gold medal with the US team. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio and died in Wyoming, Ohio. She is the oldest woman ever to win an Olympic Gold. She was aged 63 years and 333 days when she won gold.

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