Kate Smyth
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kate Harris-Smyth |
| Nationality | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Born | 22 September 1972 |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
| Club | Glenhuntly Athletics Club |
| Coached by | John Bowden and Shaun Creighton |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 2008 Summer Olympics -Beijing, China |
| National finals | Australian Athletics National Championships, 10,000 mtrs, 1st -New Zealand National Championships 10,000mtrs |
| Highest world ranking | 1st- fastest time by a female marathoner in Australia in 2008 |
| Personal best(s) | Half-marathon: 1:13:08 (2007) Marathon: 2:28:51 (2008) |
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Kate Harris-Smyth (born 22 September 1972 in Cowra, New South Wales) is an Australian marathon runner.[1] She set her personal best time of 2:28:51, by finishing second at the 2008 Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in Japan.[2][3]
At age thirty-five, Smyth made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's marathon, along with her teammates Benita Johnson and Lisa Weightman.[4] She also ran in the marathon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, coming in seventh place after collapsing with heat stroke.
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External links
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- Profile – Australian Olympic Team
- NBC Olympics Profile
- - Athlete Sanctuary
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- Living people
- 1972 births
- People from Cowra
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- Australian women marathon runners
- Australian women long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Australian long-distance runner stubs