Fiona Benson

For the poet, see Fiona Benson (poet).
Fiona Benson
Personal information
Born (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 800 metres

Fiona Benson (born 25 May 1992) is a Canadian middle-distance runner.[1] She competed in the 800 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[2]

University

2011-15[3] at Trinity Western University[4]

2015

Benson began her season with a 10k on the road at Vancover Sun Run where she ran 35:49.[5] In April 2015, she had a personal best of 2:07. Benson started a string of personal best on May 30, 2015 at the 2015 Christie-Phoenix Insurance Victoria Run Series where she won in 2:01.58.[6] She then won the 2015 Victoria International Track Classic in a then personal best time of 2:01.02.[7] She ran the Canadian standard to compete at 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres where she again ran a personal best time of 1:59.59 in the 800 metres in the semi-finals to place 17th in the world.[8] She represents Athletics Canada.

PB

References

  1. ↑ "Fiona Benson". IAAF. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Heats results
  3. ↑ https://twu.ca/athletics/spartan/in-the-news/2011-2012/cc-fiona-benson2.html
  4. ↑ http://www.gospartans.ca/sports/wtrack/2014-15/bios/benson_fiona_s3m0
  5. ↑ 2015 Vancover Sun Run race results
  6. ↑ 2015 Victoria Run Series post race interview
  7. ↑ 2015 Victoria International Track Classic post race interview
  8. ↑ Canada's Fiona Benson talks after running 1:59.59 pb at Worlds on August 27th
  9. ↑ http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/252141-FloTrack-Throwdown-2015/video/791452-Womens-Mile-Fiona-Benson-425-World-Lead
  10. ↑ http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2015/06/evan_jager_shatters_a_record_s.html

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 21, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.