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Burnie Ten
The Burnie Ten is an Australian 10 km road race held on a Sunday in October every year in Burnie in North West Tasmania along Emu Bay (Tasmanian geographic feature), Emu Bay. Route The race starts north of Wilson/Cattley Street intersection and proceeds south along Wilson Street to the Bass Highway, Tasmania, Bass Highway. It follows the highway east, past the Burnie Yacht Club and Wivenhoe, Tasmania, Wivenhoe to the five kilometer turning point, then returns along the same route to the start-finish line. In 2015, a 5k run, 5km event was added with 489 participating in the five kilometre event with the half way point near the Emu River (Tasmania), Emu River. In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic the event was held virtually, with entrants able to complete the race in their own time on either 17 or 18 October. Selected results All information froThe ‘Burnie Ten Honour Board’ References {{reflist Athletics in Tasmania Sport in Burnie, Tasmania 10K runs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnie
Burnie ( ; Aboriginal Tasmanians#North, pirinilaplu/palawa kani: ''Pataway'') is a port city located on the North West Tasmania, north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximately north-west of the state capital of Hobart, north-west of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston, and west of Devonport, Tasmania, Devonport. Founded in 1827 as Emu Bay, the township was renamed in the early 1840s after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, and proclaimed a city by Queen Elizabeth II on 26 April 1988. As of the , Burnie has a population of 19,918, with a municipality area spanning , administered by the City of Burnie. Burnie's economy has historically been driven by heavy manufacturing, mining, forestry, and farming. Situated on the coastline of Emu Bay (Tasmanian geographic feature), Emu Bay, the city’s fortunes are closely tied to its deep water port. An intermodal freight transport facility, the Port of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eloise Wellings
Eloise Wellings (née Poppett) (born 9 November 1982 in White Plains, New York, United States) is an Australian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the 2010 edition in New Delhi and the 2014 edition in Glasgow, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2016, she made the finals of both the 5,000m and 10,000m races at 2016 Summer Olympics. She was the gold medalist over 5000 metres at the 2003 Summer Universiade. She has also competed internationally in cross country running – her best finish to date was 22nd in the long race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She won two consecutive titles at the Zatopek 10,000 metres in 2009, 2010 and 2015. Personal life Wellings is a Christian. She stated that she missed out on the Sydney 2000 Olympics due to an injury and thought her God was punishing her. She went to church with a school friend and began to understand her God's love for her. She stated, "Once I found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Thompson (athlete)
Anna Thompson (born 11 December 1976 in Melbourne) is an Australian runner who specializes in cross-country running. Achievements Personal bests *1500 metres – 4:16.51 min (2005) *3000 metres – 8:58.93 min (2006) *5000 metres – 15:42.31 min (2004) *10,000 metres – 32:27.74 min (2006) *Half marathon – 1:11:38 min (2007) *Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ... – 2:33:20 min (2005) References * 1976 births Living people Australian female long-distance runners Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Athletes from Melbourne Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian sportswo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Jane Weightman
Lisa Jane Weightman (born 16 January 1979) is an Australian long-distance runner and four time Olympian who specializes in the marathon event. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she came 26th in the Women's marathon with a time of 2:34.19, 7 minutes behind the eventual winner, Peres Jepchirchir. Weightman represented Australia in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She won her first marathon race in 2010, setting a personal best time of 2:28:48 at the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon. She has also competed at the IAAF World Road Running Championships and the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, winning a team bronze in the latter competition in 2008. Career Weightman started out as a track runner but had her first success in cross country running, winning the under-23 section of the national championships in 2003. She took part in the Chiba Ekiden road relay competition the following year and fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Dent
Martin Dent (8 February 1979 in Woking, UK) is an English-born Australian Olympian marathon runner, who ran at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He made his season best time of 2 hours, 16 minutes and 29 seconds in the marathon in 28th place. Dent attended Berkeley Vale Community High School on the Central Coast of New South Wales. This is the same school that produced Australia Rugby Union Wallaby star Adam Ashley-Cooper, The Entrance Cricket Club icon Michael Thorpe, Scottish and British Lions player Nathan Hines and NRL player and Wests Tigers Assistant Coach Paul Stringer. Dent was a member of Tuggerah Lakes Little Athletics Club, which at the time held their weekly competitions at Killarney Vale Public School. Dent held many state records in his time there, as well as many club records, many of which set in the early 1990s still stand today. Dent currently holds the record for the fastest time on Fiordland Fiordland (, "The Pit of Tattooing", and also translated as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Gregson
Ryan Gregory Gregson (born 26 April 1990) is an Australian middle-distance runner. He formerly held the Australian record for the men's 1500 metres now held by Stewart McSweyn. Personal life Gregson studied carpentry at TAFE NSW in Wollongong and has a degree in business and marketing from the Swinburne University of Technology. As a teenager he competed nationally in cricket and field hockey. His is married to Olympic runner Genevieve Gregson (née LaCaze) and his cousin Casey Sablowski is an Olympic field hockey player. Running career Youth Gregson finished 5th in the boys' 1500 metres at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava. Later that year, he set new Australian youth records over 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres, his 3000m clocking of 8:01.26 also eclipsing Craig Mottram's Australian junior record. At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz he again finished 5th over 1500 metres and also participated in the 5000 metres. In 2009, his last year as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Tamsett
Lara Tamsett (born 12 October 1988) is an Australian long-distance runner. In 2009, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Amman, Jordan. She finished in 26th place. In 2012, she competed at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Kavarna, Bulgaria. In 2013, she competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013; ) was an international athletics (sport), athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10 to 18 August 2013. Initially, Russia at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, Russia ... held in Moscow, Russia. She did not finish her race. References External links * Living people 1988 births Place of birth missing (living people) Australian female cross country runners Australian female long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia 20th-century Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Adams (runner)
Liam Adams (born 4 September 1986) is an Australian runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Adams came 24th in the Men's marathon in a time of 2:15.51, 7 minutes behind the winner, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya. At the 2023 Gold Coast Marathon Adams ran the fastest marathon time run by an Australian in Australia at 2:08:39, coming in third place overall, this was also a new PB. In Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics Liam finished 49th 2:13:33 in the Marathon. Early years Adams was a very sporty and competitive child. He was advised by his primary school teacher to try cross country. In his second year, Adams won a medal in the nationals but it was only after a few years later that he decided to his training seriously. He began training with local coach Gregor Gojrzewski and this had a significant impact on his career. As a 17 year old, in 2004, Adams won the national junior 5000m championship. Later that ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nipperess
James Nipperess (born 21 May 1990) is an Australian long distance runner who specialized in the steeplechase. He won 6 Australian titles in the 3000m steeplechase, and also won an Australian Cross Country Championship. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing and World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *800 metres – 1:49.61 (Sydney 2009) *1500 metres – 3:41.01 (Melbourne 2009) *3000 metres – 7:55.79 (Sydney 2020) *5000 metres – 13:56.55 (Hobart 2009) *3000 metres steeplechase – 8:30.13 (Sydney 2021) References External links * James Nipperessat Australian Athletics Australian Athletics is the national sporting organisation (NSO) recognised by Australian Sports Commission for the sport of athletics in Australia. Founded in 1897, the organisation is responsible for administering a sport with over 16,000 reg ... (archived) James Nipperessat Australian Athletics Historical Results * * 1990 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collis Birmingham
Collis Birmingham (born 27 December 1984) is an Australian middle- and long-distance runner. He is a two-time participant at the Summer Olympics (2008 and 2012) and four-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015). He has competed at five editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He was an Australian and Oceanian 10,000 metres record holder from 2009 to 2011. Career Born in Carlton, Victoria,Collis Birmingham . London 2012. Retrieved on 23 February 2013. Birmingham made his international debut at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, placing 84th in the junior race. His first senior international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Chapple
Nikki Chapple (born 1981) is an Australian long-distance runner who has won events in the 10,000 metres and marathon. On 12 December 2013 in Melbourne she won the 2013–14 Australian Athletics Championships women's 10,000 metres with a time of 32 minutes 56.22 seconds. On 12 October 2014 she won the women's event in the Melbourne Marathon The Melbourne Marathon has been held annually since 1978. The 42.195 km run over the traditional marathon distance is the main race within the annual Melbourne Marathon Festival. The race celebrated its 30th birthday in 2007 with a new cour ... with a time of 2 hours 31 minutes and 05 seconds. References 1981 births Living people Australian female long-distance runners 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Kuijken
Susan Krumins (née Kuijken; born 8 July 1986) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She was the 5000 metres bronze medalist at the 2014 European Athletics Championships and also won a 3000 metres bronze at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup. Kuijken has twice represented the Netherlands at the World Championships in Athletics, with her best finish being eighth in the 5000 m in 2013. Across all age categories, she has competed seven times at the European Cross Country Championships. She competed for Florida State University and was the NCAA champion in the indoor 3000 m (2008) and the outdoor 1500 m (2009). She won European junior medals in 2005 in track and cross country and later took the under-23 title at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships. Among her personal bests are 4:05.38 minutes for the 1500 metres, 8:36.08 minutes for the 3000 m, and 15:00.69 minutes for the 5000 metres. Career Early life and career Born in Nijmegen, she made her in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
