Kate Smyth Explained

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Kate Smyth
Fullname:Kate Harris-Smyth
Birth Date:22 September 1972
Birth Place:Cowra, New South Wales,
Australia
Weight:500NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:Marathon
Club:Glenhuntly Athletics Club
Coach:John Bowden and Shaun Creighton
Nationals:Australian Athletics National Championships, 10,000 mtrs, 1st -New Zealand National Championships 10,000mtrs
Commonwealth Games:Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006- Melbourne, Australia
Olympics:2008 Summer Olympics -Beijing, China
Highestranking:1st- fastest time by a female marathoner in Australia in 2008
Pb:Half-marathon: 1:13:08 (2007)
Marathon: 2:28:51 (2008)

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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Notes and References

  1. Kate Smyth. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/kate-smyth-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 30 January 2013.
  2. News: Nakamura. Ken. Kinyanjui, Ivanova, defend in Nagano. IAAF. 20 April 2008. 30 January 2013.
  3. News: A-qualifiers for Birmingham and Smyth. Athletics Australia. 21 April 2008. 30 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Women's Marathon. . 30 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821073356/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATW099100/standings.html . 21 August 2012 .