| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nina Kathy Rillstone |
| Nationality |  New Zealand |
| Born | 15 April 1975 Brentwood, Essex |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Marathon |
| Club | Pakuranga Athletics Club (NZL) |
| Coached by | John Bowden |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Marathon – 2:29:46 Half-marathon – 1:10:49 |
Nina Kathy Rillstone (born April 15, 1975, in Brentwood, Essex) is a New Zealand long-distance and marathon runner. [1] She is a national champion in both middle and long-distance running, and a national record holder for the half-marathon.
She set her personal best for the Half Marathon of 1:13:03 at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her personal best in the marathon came during the Nagano Marathon in 2006, with a time of 2:29:46. Rillstone set a national record for the marathon at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, with a time of 2:33:58, finishing in thirteenth place. [2]
Rillstone represented New Zealand for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed in the women's marathon. She ran and finished the race in sixteenth place, with a best possible time of 2:31:16, nearly two minutes short of her personal best set in Nagano. [3]
