Lisa Corrigan (born 2 December 1984 in

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) is an Australian middle-distance runner and the current Australian record holder over the one mile where she set a time of 4.22.6 in 2007. She set her personal best time of 4:05.25, by winning the women's

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at the Telstra Athletics Series in

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. She ran a personal best to beat Tamsyn Lewis over the 800m in 2007 in 2.01.5. She has represented Australia at the Oceania championships 1999, youth commonwealth games 2000, World youth championships 2001, Ekiden relays, Melbourne commonwealth Games 2006, world championships 2007 and Olympic Games 2008. Corrigan represented

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at the

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, where she competed in the

. She ran in the second heat against ten other athletes, including Ukraine's

Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska (), née Nedelenko (Неделенко) (born 15 January 1976 in Makiivka) is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specializes in the 1500 metres. Achievements Personal bests *800 metres - 1:59.15 min ( ...

, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. She finished the race in ninth place by twenty-seven hundredths of a second (0.27) behind United States' Erin Donohue, outside her personal best time of 4:16.32. Corrigan has been Australian champion over 800m & 1500m numerous times in her career and has won many road running races in the process. Corrigan attempted to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games over the 5000m however she ruptured her achillies tendon and has battled this persistent Achilles injury which saw her retire from the sport in 2013. Corrigan has since worked for in development Athletics NSW and been a PE teacher at various schools over the years. Her biggest achievement to date has been marrying her best friend Dean Sintonen and the birth of their first daughter, Harper.

Achievements

2000 Junior Commonwealth Games, 800m, Silver. 2001 World Youth Championships, 800m, 5th place 2006 Commonwealth Games, 1500m, Finalist 11th 2007 World Championships, 1500m, Semi Finalist, 8th 2008 Olympic Games, Semi Finalist, 9th

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Profile – Australian Olympic Team
1984 births Living people Australian female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes from Sydney ACT Academy of Sport alumni 21st-century Australian sportswomen 20th-century Australian women Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub