Carole Rouillard (born March 15, 1960 in

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) is a retired

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from

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, who represented her country twice in the women's 10,000 metres at the

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, starting in 1988 (

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). She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the

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* * * * * * 1960 births Living people Canadian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Olympic track and field athletes for Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Athletes from Montreal French Quebecers Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub