Nancy Tinari
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
World Road Race Championships
Silver medal – second place1983 San Diego10 km Team
Silver medal – second place1987 Monte Carlo15 km Individual
World Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place1983 GatesheadWomen's Team

Nancy Tinari (née Rooks, born 13 June 1959)[1] is a Canadian former long-distance runner. She won the silver medal at the 1987 World 15km Road Race Championships behind Ingrid Kristiansen.[2] Her time of 48:53 still stands as the Canadian record. She also won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games,[3] and represented Canada at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[4] Tinari continued competing into her forties, including finishing second at the 2000 Canadian 10 km Road Race Championships aged 41 and winning the Canadian Masters Cross Country title in November 2008 aged 49.[5]

Personal bests

  • 10,000 metres – 32:14.05 (September 1988)[6]
  • 10 km road – 32:14 (April 1988)[7]
  • 15 km road – 48:53 (November 1987)
  • Half-marathon – 72:50 (November 1991)
  • Marathon – 2:40:50 (October 1983)

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Canada
1978 World Cross Country Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 38th 4.73 km 18:06[8]
Commonwealth Games Edmonton, Canada 5th 3000m 9:34.14[9]
1980 World Cross Country Championships Paris, France 17th 4.82 km 16:20
1982 World Cross Country Championships Rome, Italy 38th 4.6 km 15:31
1983 World Cross Country Championships Gateshead, United Kingdom 12th 4.07 km 14:09
World 10km Road Race Championships San Diego, United States 4th 10 km 32:57[10]
1984 World Cross Country Championships East Rutherford, United States 33rd 5 km 16:50
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 4th 10,000m 32:30.71[11]
World 15km Road Race Championships Lisbon, Portugal 8th 15 km 49:22[12]
1987 World Cross Country Championships Warsaw, Poland 32nd 5.05 km 17:42
Pan American Games Indianapolis, United States 2nd 10,000m 33:02.41
World Championships Rome, Italy 16th 10,000m 32:31.55[13]
World 15km Road Race Championships Monte Carlo, Monaco 2nd 15 km 48:53[14]
1988 World Cross Country Championships Auckland, New Zealand 19th 5.96 km 19:57
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 13th 10,000m 32:14.05[15]

References

  1. "Nancy Tinari". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. "World Road Race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. "Pan American Games results". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. "Nancy Tinari 1988 Seoul". Canadian Olympic Team official website. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  5. "Nancy Tinari". ARRS. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. "Nancy Rooks-Tinari". IAAF. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  7. "Nancy Tinari". ARRS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  8. "Nancy Rooks-Tinari". IAAF. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  9. "Nancy Rooks-Tinari". Commonwealth Games site. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  10. "1983 IAAF Women's World Road race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  11. "Commonwealth Games statistics women 10000m" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  12. "1986 IAAF Women's World Road Race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  13. "Women 10000m World Championship Rome 1987". Todor 66. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  14. "1987 Women's World Road Race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  15. "1988 Olympic Games 10,000m women". Todor 66. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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