Lisa York (born 10 March 1970) is a British former

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and

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who competed at the

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Biography

York, born in

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, became the British 3,000 metres champion after winning the British

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title at the

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. Shortly afterwards at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, York represented

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in the women's 3000 metres event, where she ran a lifetime best of 8:47.71 in her heat, to narrowly miss the final.

International competitions

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* 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Rugby, Warwickshire English female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners English female long-distance runners British female long-distance runners English female cross country runners British female cross country runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century English sportswomen {{England-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub