Lynn Kanuka-Williams

Lynn Kanuka-Williams
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Canada
Olympic Games

Lynn Kanuka-Williams (née Kanuka; born July 11, 1960) is a Canadian athlete from Regina, Saskatchewan. She competed in 3000m races, as well as a smaller number of 1500m races.

She competed for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. in the 3,000 metres where she won the bronze medal (in the race notable for the incident between Mary Decker and Zola Budd). Four years later in Seoul, South Korea she finished fifth in the 1500 metres.^[1] Additionally, she collected a bronze medal at the 1989 World Cross Country championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Canada
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	5th	1500 m	4:12.40
	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	3000 m	9:07.74
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	3000 m	8:50.20
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	3rd	3000 m	8:42.14
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	3rd	1500 m	4:12.66
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	1st	3000 m	8:54.29
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	6th	3000 m	8:50.80
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	9th	3000 m	8:49.91
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	5th	1500 m	4:00.86
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	8th	3000 m	8:38.43
1989	World Cross Country Championships	Stavanger, Norway	3rd

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lynn Williams". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.