Carole Rouillard

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Carole Rouillard (born March 15, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired long-distance runner from Canada, who represented her country twice in the women's 10,000 metres at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 16th 10,000 m 32:41.43
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 8th 10,000 m 33:22.31
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 4th 10,000 m 32:49.36
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 18th 10,000 m 32:58.77
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 24th 10,000 m 32:52.83
1994 Jeux de la Francophonie Paris, France 3rd10,000 m34:43.96
Commonwealth Games Victoria, British Columbia, Canada1st Marathon 2:30:41
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden Marathon DNF

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