Background
He was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
He was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
He attended Watson High School in Canberra and participated in junior athletics with the North Canberra Athletic Club.
His best Olympic result was finishing in 8th place in Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics with a leap of 16.44 metres. Between 1974-1978, he attended the Southern Illinois University in the United States on an athletic scholarship. In 1978, he was selected as an All American.
He was also a successful long jumper.
He was an inaugural athletics scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) where he was coached by Kelvin Giles. Alex has followed in his father"s footsteps as a triple jumper.
In 1997, he was inducted into the ACT Sports Hall of Fame. Lorraway died in Canberra, aged fifty, of a suspected heart attack.