What Olympic Gold Medalist was the bowling spokesperson in 1985?

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Clarification of Question by kingkong2005-ga on 04 May 2005 22:34 PDT

The olympic gold medalist became a spokesperson for bowling and was
the spokesperson in 1985

Mary Lou Retton- 1984 Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics- was a 1985
spokesperson for the National Bowling Council.

This may be helpful:

"The entire bowling industry benefitted from the involvement of
gymnast Mary Lou Retton, shortly after her memorable Olympic Games
performance. She was the celebrity spokesperson for what is generally
considered the industry's most successful national marketing campaign
ever, "Super Bowlin' Saturday." Wally Hall chaired the Marketing
Committee of the now-defunct National Bowling Council at the time, and
says when entertainer Bill Cosby was unable to commit sufficient time
to the campaign, Retton was a logical second choice..."

http://www.bowlersjournal.com/currentissue/archive/reflect.htm

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Rainbow

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