Sally Ellis
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Lyndhurst, England | 17 May 1958
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) (1992) |
Sport | |
Event(s) | Marathon, Half marathon |
Club | Birchfield Harriers |
Sally Ellis née McDiarmid (born 17 May 1958) is a female English long-distance road and cross-country runner.
Athletics career
[edit]Ellis competed in the Marathon for Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics[1] and the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. She represented England in marathon event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] Four years later she represented England again, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[4][5][6]
She was a member of Birchfield Harriers[7] and founded a running and fitness group in Sutton Coldfield.[8]
Competition Record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing United Kingdom | |||||
1983 | Stroud Half Marathon | Stroud, United Kingdom | 1st | Half Marathon | Unknown |
1987 | IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 30th | Cross Country 5.05 km | 17:38 |
1987 | City of Norwich Half Marathon | Norwich, United Kingdom | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:16:48 |
1988 | Bath Half Marathon | Bath, United Kingdom | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:11.38 PB |
1989 | IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Stavanger, Norway | 62nd | Cross Country 6 km | 24:16 |
1989 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 12th | Marathon | 2:33:24 PB |
1991 | IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Antwerp, Belgium | 72nd | Cross Country 6.425 km | 22:03 |
1991 | World Championships in Athletics | Tokyo, Japan | 10th | Marathon | 2:35:09 |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 27th | Marathon | 2:54:41 |
1994 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 4th | Marathon | 2:37:06 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992". Birchfield Harriers. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "About Us". SE Fitness. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hampshire
- English female long-distance runners
- British female long-distance runners
- English female marathon runners
- British female marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- 20th-century English sportswomen