Jill Hunter
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1966 Hexham, Northumberland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Blaydon Harriers AC Valli Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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Jill Boltz (née Hunter, born 14 October 1966) is an English former distance runner who represented Great Britain at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. She won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. In 1991, she broke the World Best for 10 miles, with 51:41 in New York City.[1] She also twice won the AAA Championships 10,000 metres title (1989, 1995).
Career
Hunter was born in
Hunter finished in the top ten at both the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Stavanger and the 1989 World 15km Road Race Championships in Rio de Janeiro, placing seventh and sixth respectively. That year, she also won the AAAs National title at 10,000 metres, to earn Commonwealth selection for England. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland in January, she won the silver medal behind Scotland's Liz McColgan.[5][6][7] Later that year, she finished eighth in the 10,000 metres final at the European Championships in Split.
Hunter had perhaps the best year of her career in 1991. In April, she broke
In 1992, Hunter achieved her third top ten finish at the World Cross Country Championships, finishing eighth in
As of 2022, Hunter ranks seventh on the UK all-time list for 10,000 m (31:07 in 1991), 11th on the 10 km road (31.42 in 1989) and eighth on the 15 km road (48:19 in 1991), while her 10-mile road best (51:41 in 1991) still ranks third on the UK all-time list, with Paula Radcliffe and Eilish McColgan being the only British women to have gone faster.
Personal life
Hunter married Danny Boltz, a Swiss-born Australian distance runner, who represented Switzerland at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the Marathon.[10]
National titles
- AAAs National 10,000 metres Champion (1989, 1995)
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Great Britain /  England
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| 1988 | World Cross Country Championships | Auckland, New Zealand
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9th | 6 km | 19:46 |
| Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea
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20th (h) | 3000 m | 8:57.28
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| 1989 | World Cross Country Championships | Stavanger, Norway
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7th | 6 km | 23:00 |
| World Road Race Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 15 km | 50:34 | |
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand
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2nd | 10,000 m | 32:33.21 |
| European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia
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8th | 10,000 m | 32:10.15
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| 1991 | European Cup | Frankfurt, Germany
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2nd | 10,000 m | 31:07.88 |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan
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9th | 10,000 m | 32:24.55 (31:55.55)
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| 1992 | World Cross Country Championships | Boston, United States
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8th | 6.4 km | 21:39 |
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain
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10th | 10,000 m | 31:46.49
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| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden
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15th | 10,000 m | 32:24.93 (32:22.93)
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Notes:
- (h) Indicates overall position achieved in qualifying round.
- (#) indicates superior time achieved in qualifying round.
References
- ^ "All-time women's best 10 miles road race". Track & Field all-time. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ Jill Hunter. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ Jill Boltz. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ "Women 3000m Olympic Games 1988 Seoul (KOR) - Saturday 25.09".
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ http://www.todor66.com//athletics/world/1991/Women_10000.html [dead link]
- ^ http://www.todor66.com/olim/Athletics/Women_10000m.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ My killer session – Jill Boltz. Athletics Weekly (2016-06-28). Retrieved 2018-03-08.
