Lisa Jane Weightman
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Full name | Lisa Jane Weightman | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Australia[1] | 16 January 1979||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Richard Telford | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lisa Jane Weightman (born 16 January 1979) is an Australian
Weightman represented Australia in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She won her first marathon race in 2010, setting a personal best time of 2:28:48 at the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon.
She has also competed at the
Career
Weightman started out as a track runner but had her first success in
Her first international championships appearance was at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships where she placed thirty-seventh overall.[4] Weightman ended the year by finishing second in the 10,000 metres at the Zatopek Classic behind New Zealander Jessica Ruthe.[5] (Zatopek is named after the Czech distance running great Emil Zatopek and was first held in 1961. It is one of the most prestigious track races on Australian soil).[6] Weightman represented Australia twice in 2007: taking forty-second place at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and thirty-third at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships.[7]
Weightman won a world championship medal at the
Weightman improved her best world cross country performance at the
She improved further in the marathon at the start of the following year, dominating the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon from the 15 km mark to the finish. She knocked almost two minutes off her previous best time to win in 2:28:48, making her the first Australian to win the race.[14] She was selected for the event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. She fell away from the leading pack on two occasions but managed to make up the deficit both times and won the bronze medal in a time of 2:35.25, although she had to be taken from the finish line in a wheelchair due to her exhaustion.[15] She won the 10 km run of the Gold Coast Marathon-event on 1 July 2012 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia finishing in front of Emma Moffatt.[16] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished in 17th place.[17] She came 31st in the marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics in 2:34:41 and 26th in the marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[18] She achieved a PB of 2:24:00 and came 15th at the 2022 Berlin Marathon. [19]
Personal life
Outside of competitive running, Weightman is a business consultant for IBM and she was the recipient of the 2000 Award for Business Excellence from The Age.[3] She is the daughter of former footballer Peter Weightman and married her training partner, Lachlan McArthur, in 2008.[20]
Personal bests
Event | Time (h:m:s) | Venue | Date |
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10 kilometres |
31:49 | Victoria, Australia | 2021 |
20 kilometres | 1:10:51 | Debrecen, Hungary | 8 October 2006 |
Half marathon | 1:08:48 | Sunshine Coast, Australia | 2019 |
Marathon | 2:23:15 | Osaka, Japan | 2023 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | |
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2006 | World Road Running Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 37th | 20 kilometres | |
2007 | World Cross Country Championships | Mombasa, Kenya | 42nd | Senior race | |
World Road Running Championships | Udine, Italy | 33rd | Half marathon | ||
2008 | World Cross Country Championships | Edinburgh, Scotland | 20th | Senior individual | |
3rd | Senior team | ||||
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 33rd | Marathon | ||
2009 | World Cross Country Championships | Amman, Jordan | 17th | Senior individual | |
7th | Senior team | ||||
World Championships in Athletics | Berlin, Germany | 18th | Marathon
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2010 | Nagano Marathon | Nagano, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:28:48 |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 17th | Marathon | 2:27:32 |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 17th | Marathon | 2:34:41 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 2nd | Marathon | 2:33:23 |
2021 | Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan
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26th | Marathon | 2:34:19 |
2022 | Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 15th | Marathon | 2:24:00 |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary
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16th | Marathon | 2:30:50 |
Road race wins
- Christchurch Half Marathon: 2009
- Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon: 2010
- Melbourne Marathon: 2013
References
- Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archivedfrom the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Athletics WEIGHTMAN Lisa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Lisa Weightman". athletics.com.au. Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- ^ "Zatopek: 10 - The greatest running race you've never heard of". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- IAAF(30 March 2008). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- ^ Johnson, Len (9 March 2008). Weightman's wait worth it Archived 10 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine. The Age. Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- IAAF(28 March 2009). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- ^ Lisa Weightman Takes Out Christchurch Half Marathon Archived 11 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Ascend Sport (2009). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- ^ Ovadia, Edward (5 November 2009). Australia’s Top Marathon Runner – Lisa Weightman Archived 15 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Runner's Tribe. Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 16 October 2010.
- ^ "2012 Gold Coast Airport Marathon". GoldCoast.com. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 – Women's Marathon". www.olympic.org. IOC. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Lisa Jane Weightman". www.olympic.org. IOC.
- ^ "BERLIN-MARATHON 2022". berlin.r.mikatiming.com. kika timing.
- ^ Preston Olympian Lisa Weightman to marry Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Northcote Leader (17 November 2008). Retrieved on 16 October 2010.
External links
- Lisa Weightman at World Athletics
- Lisa Weightman at Athletics Australia
- Lisa Weightman at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Lisa Weightman at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Lisa Jane Weightman at Olympics.com
- Lisa Weightman at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Lisa Weightman at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)