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| Born | 5 November 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Malta | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lisa Marie Bezzina (born 5 November 1979) [1] is a Maltese long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in both the women's 5000 metres and women's 10,000 metres events at the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe held Budva, Montenegro. [2]
In 2015, she competed in the women's 3000 metres event at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
In 2018, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain. [3] She also competed in the women's half marathon at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. [1] She finished in 9th place. [1]
In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. [4] She finished in 104th place. [4]
In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. [5]
Lisa Jane Weightman is an Australian long distance runner and four time Olympian who specializes in the marathon event. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she came 26th in the Women's marathon with a time of 2:34.19, 7 minutes behind the eventual winner, Peres Jepchirchir.
Sifan Hassan is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She is most recognized for her versatility in running championship and world-leading performances in widely disparate distances. She completed an unprecedented triple at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning gold medals in both the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres and a bronze medal for the 1,500 metres. Hassan is the only athlete in Olympic history to win medals across a middle-distance event and both long-distance races in a single Games. She is only the second of three women to complete an Olympic distance double. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Hassan secured a bronze medal in both the women's 5,000 m and 10,000 m events and gold in the women's marathon, becoming the only woman to win the Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and Marathon races.
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