Tonya Nero Explained
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.
Athletic career
Nero represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland in the women's 10,000 metres event, where she finished 12th out of 13 competitors. 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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Athletics Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200627170645/http://www.glasgow2014.com/sites/default/files/documents/ATHLETICS%20CG2014%20Official%20Results%20Book_0.pdf. 27 June 2020. 27 June 2020. 2014 Commonwealth Games.
- Web site: 2012 World Half Marathon Championships results . World Athletics . 12 October 2020.
- Web site: 2014 World Half Marathon Championships results . World Athletics.
- Web site: 2016 World Half Marathon Championships results . World Athletics.
- Web site: 2018 World Half Marathon Championships results . World Athletics.
- Web site: Women's 10,000 metres − Final − Results. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 Aug 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190807031521/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73G_ATHW10000M------------FNL-000100--.pdf. 7 August 2019. live.
- Web site: Huebsch . Tim . 2016-12-04 . Fun in the sun at Run Barbados including remarkable 10K finish . 2023-06-27 . Canadian Running Magazine . en-US.
- Web site: Athletics Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200708095754/https://gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf . 8 July 2020 . 8 July 2020 . 2018 Commonwealth Games.