Benita Willis
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Birth name | Benita Jaye Willis | ||||||||||||||
Born | Mackay, Queensland, Australia | 6 May 1979||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benita Jaye Willis (born on 6 May 1979 in
Summer Olympics four times (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) and has twice represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games
(2002, 2006).
At the
Australian national record and an Oceania area record.[1] She won the Berlin Half Marathon in 2007 in a personal best time of 1:08.28 hours. Her third international cross country medal came at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
as she finished eleventh in the long race to lead Australia to third on the team podium.
She finished third at the 2010 Great Ireland Run, recording a time of 34:28.[2] In spite of a break of over three years without competing over the distance, she was the runner-up at the 2012 Houston Marathon with a time 2:28:24 hours (within the Olympic qualifying standard).[3]
Willis was a training partner of Australian distance star Craig Mottram.
Achievements
Circuit wins
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Recognition
In 2018, inducted into Australia Hall of Fame.[4] Inaugural inductee to University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame in 2022.[5]
References
- ^ iaaf.org - Area Records - Outdoor - Oceania - Women
- IAAF(2010-04-19). Retrieved on 2010-04-24.
- ^ Jufar sizzles 2:06:51 as records tumble at Houston Marathon. IAAF (2012-01-16). Retrieved on 2012-01-16.
- ^ "This year's Hall of Fame inductee is @BenitaWillis". Athletiucs Australia Twitter. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Walk of Fame Members". University of Canberra. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
External links
- Historical Results for Benita Johnson
- World Marathon Majors Athlete Profile for Benita Johnson
- Interview with Benita Johnson at Fastwomen.com
- TheFinalSprint.com Podcast interview before running the 2007 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon