Lindsey Butterworth

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Lindsey Butterworth
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 31)
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Sport
SportMiddle-distance running
Event800 metres

Lindsey Butterworth (born 27 September 1992) is a Canadian middle-distance runner. [1] [2] She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. [3] She also competed at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics, reaching the semi-final in the women's 800 metres. [4] Named to the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Butterworth was fifth in her heat of the 800 metres and did not advance to the semi-finals. [5]

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Results and personal bests

All Results taken from World Athletics Profile [1]

Championship results

YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTime
2011NAIA Indoor Championships Geneva, USA 1000m3rd2:54.17
NAIA Championships Marion, USA 1500m4th4:31.46
Canadian Junior Championships Winnipeg, Canada 1st4:31.59
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships Ansin Sports Complex 2nd4:36.91
2012 Canadian Track and Field Championships Calgary, Alberta 21st4:52.32
2013NCAA Div II Indoor Championships Birmingham, USA 800m8th2:20.18
NCAA Div II Championships Pueblo, USA 4th2:10.03
2014 Canadian Track and Field Championships Moncton Stadium H2 7th2:12.19
2015NCAA Div II Indoor Championships Birmingham, USA 1st2:08.44
NCAA Div II Championships Allendale, USA 1st2:02.88
Summer Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 7th2:03.96
2016 Canadian Track and Field Championships Edmonton, Canada 5th2:04.55
2017 Canadian Track and Field Championships Terry Fox Stadium 3rd2:04.34
World Athletics Championships Olympic Stadium H4 8th2:03.19
2018 Canadian Track and Field Championships Terry Fox Stadium 1st2:00.87
NACAC Championships Varsity Stadium 5th2:00.81
2019 Canadian Track and Field Championships Montreal, Canada 4th2:02.64
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 5th2:02.68
World Athletics Championships Khalifa International Stadium SF1 4th2:00.74
2021 Canadian Track and Field Championships Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard 1st1:59.19
Olympic Games National Stadium H4 5th2:02.45
2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Štark Arena 6th2:03.21
Canadian Track and Field Championships Langley, Canada 2nd2:00.85
World Athletics Championships Hayward Field SF1 7th2:01.39
Commonwealth Games Alexander Stadium 7th2:00.79

Personal records

SurfaceEventTimeDateVenue
Indoor track800m2:01.45February 27, 2022 Boston University
1000m2:37.85February 14, 2020 Boston University
1500m4:14.82January 25, 2020 Reggie Lewis Center
One Mile4:34.40January 28, 2022 Boston University
Outdoor track800m1:59.19June 25, 2021 Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard
1000m2:37.26September 4, 2020 Brusseles, Belgium
1500m4:08.25June 14, 2022 Burnaby, Canada
One Mile4:40.00May 28, 2017 Richmond, Canada

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lindsey Butterworth". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. "Athletics BUTTERWORTH Lindsey - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Retrieved 28 August 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "800 metres Women". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  4. "Women's World Championship 800m wide open after big contenders eliminated in heats". Canadian Running Magazine. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. Dichter, Myles (29 July 2021). "Canada's Melissa Bishop-Nriagu knocked out early in women's 800m heats".