Krishna Lee Stanton (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Wood; born 18 May 1966) is an Australian distance runner. She finished fourth in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

at the

1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Indianapolis, United States from March 6 to March 8, 1987. The championship had previously been known as the World Indoor Games, which were held once before changing the name. Bein ...

and went on to win the silver medal in the

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 ...

at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ...

. She also competed at the

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. A four-time Australian champion, she won the 3000 metres title in 1990 and 1993, the 15 km in 1990 and the marathon in 2001. In October 2022 Krishna broke the existing world record time for a Marathon in the women's 55 age group at the

London Marathon The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held in April, although it moved to Oct ...

. Krishna was the second woman to finish in the Sydney Half-Marathon in September 2023 in a time of 1:21:17.

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* * * * * 1966 births Living people Australian female long-distance runners Australian female marathon runners Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Australian female cross country runners Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Australian sportswomen 21st-century Australian sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub