Rory Linkletter
Personal information
Citizenship Canada
Born (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Home townHerriman, Utah
Alma materBrigham Young University
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportLong-distance running
Event(s)Marathon, 10,000 metres
University teamBYU Cougars track and field
TeamPuma
2022–Present
Turned pro2019

Rory Linkletter (born 12 August 1996)[1] is a Canadian long-distance runner. In 2022, Linkletter set a personal best time of 2:10:24 in 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon to place 20th in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[2] He finished in 82nd place.[2]

In 2017, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda.[3] He finished in 76th place.[3]

In 2019, he finished in 5th place in the senior 10,000 metres event at the 2019 NACAC Cross Country Championships held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[4] In the same year, he also finished in 6th place in the men's 10,000 metres event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[5]

References

  1. "Rory Linkletter". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Senior men's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Senior men's race" (PDF). 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. "Men's senior race". 2019 NACAC Cross Country Championships. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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