Tina Poitras Explained

Tina Poitras (born October 5, 1970 in Thompson, Manitoba) is a former race walker from Canada, who competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996. She set her personal best time of 44:32 in the women's 10 km event in 1997.

Poitras was given the Terry Fox Humanitarian award in 1992 in recognition of her 'social spirit, humanitarian and community service, while maintaining excellence in academic, amateur sport and physical well-being'.

Achievements

Representing
1988World Junior ChampionshipsSudbury, Canada16th5000 m25:09.73
1991UniversiadeSheffield, United Kingdom7th10 km46:25
World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan28th10 km47:22
1992Barcelona, Spain21st10 km46:50
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany34th10 km48:24
1994Jeux de la FrancophonieBondoufle, France6th10,000 m49:05.81
1995Gothenburg, Sweden21st10 km45:02
1996Atlanta, United States25th10 km46:51

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