Angela Chalmers

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Angela Chalmers
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1963-09-06) September 6, 1963 (age 60)
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Alma mater Northern Arizona University
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s) 1500 m, 3000 m
College team Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 1500 m : 4:01.61 (Paris 1994)
  • Mile : 4:24.91 (Oslo 1991)
  • 2000 m : 5:34.49 NR (Sheffield 1994)
  • 3000 m 8:32.17 NR (Victoria 1994)
  • 5000 m 15:09.35 (Melbourne 1992)
Medal record
Women's track and field
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona 3000 m
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis 3000 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria 3000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Auckland 3000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Auckland 1500 m
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Kobe 3000 m

Angela Chalmers (born September 6, 1963) is a Canadian retired track and field athlete who competed in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres. She is the 1992 Olympic bronze medallist in the 3000 metres, and a three-time Commonwealth gold medallist, winning the 1500m and 3000m in 1990, and the 3000m in 1994.

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Career

Chalmers was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada to a mother from the Birdtail Sioux First Nation and a father of Scottish-Canadian ancestry. [1] She was always an avid runner. She competed with the Canadian National Jr. Track Team, eventually receiving a scholarship to Northern Arizona University. [2] Chalmers first appeared on the international stage in 1985 in Kobe, Japan at the Universiade/FISU World University Games, where she finished third in the 3,000 metres. The following year in Arizona, she won the 1986 NCAA Division I cross country championships for Northern Arizona University. [3] [4] She won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female collegiate cross country runner in 1987. [5] This was followed in 1987 with a second place at the Pan American Games in the 3000 meters, in Indianapolis. She finished 14th in the 3000 metres final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

In the year 1990, Chalmers won two Commonwealth Games titles in Auckland, New Zealand, winning both the 1500 meter race and the 3000 meter race in a World leading time of 8:38.38. In 1992, she qualified for the Olympics in the cross-country event. even though her father had died in 1984 before the Olympic trials she thought of him while she ran her race. after the race, in which she finished third (behind Yelena Romanova and Tatyana Dorovskikh) and qualified for the bronze medal, she explained to reporters about her father, "I said to him when he was in the hospital that I wanted to prove to him that I could do it". [6]

She was chosen by her team to be the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies of the 1994 Commonwealth games, leading her team into Centennial Stadium. In 1994 in Victoria, Canada, she retained her Commonwealth 3000 m title in a personal best time of 8:32.17, placing her third on the 1994 World rankings (she did not compete in the 1500 meters). She remains the only woman in the history of the Commonwealth Games to successfully defend the 3000 m race. On September 3, 1994, she won the Grand Prix Final of the Women's 1500 meters held in France with a personal best time of 4:01.61. At the height of her career, Chalmers was ranked as one of the top three middle distance runners in the world. [2]

In 2001, Chalmers was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, and in 2004 into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. [2] [7] She was a recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, now the Indspire Awards, in the sports category in 1995. [8] [9] In addition to her successful career, Chalmers was also a spokeswoman. She is of Sioux descent, and used her platform as a professional runner to speak out about Aboriginal peoples. [9] She was inducted into the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2019. [10] In 2019, she was a member of the inaugural class of the Big Sky Hall of Fame. [4]

In 1996, just before the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Chalmers retired from her career as a Canadian track and field athlete due to a calf injury. [2]

Chalmers is now married to Simon Doyle, an Australian middle distance runner, and is the mother of two children. [2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1985 Universiade Kobe, Japan3rd3000 m9:03.19
1987 Pan American Games Indianapolis, United States2nd3000 m9:14.48
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 17th (h)1500 m4:08.64
14th3000 m9:04.75
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand1st1500 m4:08.41
1st3000 m8:38.38
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain14th (sf)1500 m4:04.87
3rd3000 m8:47.22
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 1st3000 m8:32.17
Grand Prix Final Paris, France1st1500 m4:01.61
World Cup London, United Kingdom2nd1500 m4:01.73
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

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References

  1. ↑ "Angela Chalmers". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Chiefs and Champions - Angela Chalmers
  3. ↑ "All-Time NCAA Championship Results". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  4. 1 2 "Big Sky Conference Announces Inaugural Hall of Fame Class". bigskyconf.com. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  5. ↑ "Cross Country". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  6. ↑ "Honoured Members Database | Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame". honouredmembers.sportmanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  7. ↑ "Angela Chalmers". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  8. ↑ Indspire Laureate biography of Angela Chalmers
  9. 1 2 "BC Sports Hall of Fame". www.bcsportshalloffame.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ↑ "Meet the Hall of Fame Class of 2019; Field announced for 🇨🇦 10,000m Championships". us2.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Women's 3.000m Best Year Performance
1990		Succeeded by


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