Nancy Tinari (née Rooks, born 13 June 1959)[1] is a Canadian former long-distance runner. She won the silver medal at the 1987 World 15km Road Race Championships behind Ingrid Kristiansen.[2] Her time of 48:53 still stands as the Canadian record. She also won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games,[3] and represented Canada at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[4] Tinari continued competing into her forties, including finishing second at the 2000 Canadian 10 km Road Race Championships aged 41 and winning the Canadian Masters Cross Country title in November 2008 aged 49.[5]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Canada
| ||
| World Road Race Championships | ||
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1983 San Diego | 10 km Team |
|
1987 Monte Carlo | 15 km Individual |
| World Cross Country Championships | ||
 |
1983 Gateshead | Women's Team |
Personal bests
editInternational competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Canada
| |||||
| 1978 | World Cross Country Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 38th | 4.73 km | 18:06[8] |
| Commonwealth Games | Edmonton, Canada | 5th | 3000m | 9:34.14[9] | |
| 1980 | World Cross Country Championships | Paris, France | 17th | 4.82 km | 16:20 |
| 1982 | World Cross Country Championships | Rome, Italy | 38th | 4.6 km | 15:31 |
| 1983 | World Cross Country Championships | Gateshead, United Kingdom | 12th | 4.07 km | 14:09 |
| World 10km Road Race Championships | San Diego, United States | 4th | 10 km | 32:57[10] | |
| 1984 | World Cross Country Championships | East Rutherford, United States | 33rd | 5 km | 16:50 |
| 1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 4th | 10,000m | 32:30.71[11] |
| World 15km Road Race Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 8th | 15 km | 49:22[12] | |
| 1987 | World Cross Country Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 32nd | 5.05 km | 17:42 |
| Pan American Games | Indianapolis, United States | 2nd | 10,000m | 33:02.41 | |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 16th | 10,000m | 32:31.55[13] | |
| World 15km Road Race Championships | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2nd | 15 km | 48:53[14] | |
| 1988 | World Cross Country Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | 19th | 5.96 km | 19:57 |
| Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 13th | 10,000m | 32:14.05[15] | |
References
edit- ^ "Nancy Tinari". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "World Road Race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Pan American Games results". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Nancy Tinari 1988 Seoul". Canadian Olympic Team official website. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Nancy Tinari". ARRS. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Nancy Rooks-Tinari". IAAF. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Nancy Tinari". ARRS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Nancy Rooks-Tinari". IAAF. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Nancy Rooks-Tinari". Commonwealth Games site. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "1983 IAAF Women's World Road race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games statistics women 10000m" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "1986 IAAF Women's World Road Race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Women 10000m World Championship Rome 1987". Todor 66. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "1987 Women's World Road Race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "1988 Olympic Games 10,000m women". Todor 66. Retrieved 21 June 2017.