Sue Bruce | |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1964 |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Cross country running, 100 kilometres |
Sue Bruce (born 25 July 1964) is a New Zealand former middle-distance runner who competed mainly in cross country running and track. She ran for New Zealand at five straight editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1983 to 1987. She shared in the team silver medal at the 1986 race alongside Christine McMiken, Gail Rear, Mary O'Connor and Wendy Renner, and was a team bronze medallist at the 1984 race with Dianne Rodger, O'Connor, and Christine Hughes. Her best individual finish was eighth place in 1985.
Bruce won the 3000 metres title at the New Zealand Athletics Championships in 1985, her sole national title at the competition.[1]
1983 | World Cross Country Championships | Gateshead, United Kingdom | 27th | Senior race | 14:26 |
6th | Team | 122 pts | |||
1984 | World Cross Country Championships | East Rutherford, United States | 31st | Senior race | 16:45 |
3rd | Team | 91 pts[2] | |||
1985 | World Cross Country Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 8th | Senior race | 15:42 |
7th | Team | 144 pts | |||
1986 | World Cross Country Championships | Colombier, Switzerland | 32nd | Senior race | 15:40.6 |
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team | 67 pts | ||
1987 | World Cross Country Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 82nd | Senior race | 18:13 |
11th | Team | 205 pts |