Claire Tallent

Claire Tallent

Claire Tallent, September 2008
Personal information
Birth name	Claire Woods
Nationality	Australian
Born	6 July 1981 Adelaide, South Australia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	20km race walk
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 20km walk Oceania Championships 2012 Cairns 5000m walk 2012 Cairns 10km walk
Updated on 25 April 2013.

Claire Tallent (born Claire Woods on 6 July 1981 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian racewalker.

She has represented Australia at the Olympic Games, World Championships in Athletics and medalled at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. She is married to international racewalker and dual Olympic medallist, Jared Tallent. She was nineteenth at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, but reached the podium at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, where she claimed the silver medal behind England's Johanna Jackson.

Tallent began her 2011 season with a husband and wife double at the Australian 20 km walk championships, taking the women's title while her husband won on the men's side.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Australia
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	14th	20 km	1:45:07 hrs
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	27th	20 km	1:33:02 hrs
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	27th	20 km	1:38:12 hrs
2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	2nd	20 km	1:36:55 hrs
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	21st	20 km	1:34:46 hrs
2012	Oceania Championships (Regional Division West)	Cairns, Australia	1st	5000 m	21:57.48 min
			1st	10 km	44.19 min
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	–	20 km	DQ

References

1. Johnson, Len (2011-02-19). "Tallents open 2011 with Australian 20Km titles in Hobart-IAAF Race Walking Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.

External links

• Claire Tallent profile at IAAF
• sports-reference