Tonya Nero
Tonya Nero at the 2012 World Half Marathon Championships
Tonya Nero at the 2012 World Half Marathon Championships
Personal information
Born (1988-11-27) 27 November 1988
Sport
CountryTrinidad and Tobago
EventLong-distance running

Tonya Nero (born 27 November 1988)[1] is a Trinidad and Tobago long-distance runner. She holds national records in the 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon.

She competed at the 2012,[2] 2014,[3] 2016[4] and 2018[5] editions of the World Half Marathon Championships. Her best finish was 27th at the 2012 edition in Kavarna, Bulgaria, when she set the Trinidad & Tobago national record with a time of 1:15:13.

In 2019, she competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[6] She finished in 10th place with a time of 34:15.36.[6]

Athletic career

Nero represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland in the women's 10,000 metres event,[1] where she finished 12th out of 13 competitors.[1] In 2016, she won the Run Barbados 10k event.[7]

She competed in the World Half Marathon Championships for Trinidad & Tobago from 2012 to 2018.

She competed in the women's marathon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia,[8] finishing in 14th place.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "2012 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "2014 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  4. ↑ "2016 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  5. ↑ "2018 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  6. 1 2 "Women's 10,000 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 16 Aug 2019.
  7. ↑ Huebsch, Tim (2016-12-04). "Fun in the sun at Run Barbados including remarkable 10K finish". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  8. 1 2 "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.


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