Sue Bruce

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Sue Bruce
Personal information
Born (1964-07-23) 23 July 1964 (age 61)
Sport
CountryFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
 Cross country running, 100 kilometres
Medal record
World Cross Country Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Colombier Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 East Rutherford Team

Sue Bruce (born 25 July 1964) is a New Zealand former middle-distance runner who competed mainly in cross country running and track. She ran for New Zealand at five straight editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1983 to 1987. She shared in the team silver medal at the 1986 race alongside Christine McMiken, Gail Rear, Mary O'Connor and Wendy Renner, [1] and was a team bronze medallist at the 1984 race with Dianne Rodger, O'Connor, and Christine Hughes. [2] Her best individual finish was eighth place in 1985. [3]

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Bruce won the 3000 metres title at the New Zealand Athletics Championships in 1985, her sole national title at the competition. [4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1983 World Cross Country Championships Gateshead, United Kingdom27th Senior race 14:26
6thTeam122 pts
1984 World Cross Country Championships East Rutherford, United States31st Senior race 16:45
3rdTeam91 pts [5]
1985 World Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal8th Senior race 15:42
7thTeam144 pts
1986 World Cross Country Championships Colombier, Switzerland32nd Senior race 15:40.6
2ndTeam67 pts
1987 World Cross Country Championships Warsaw, Poland82nd Senior race 18:13
11thTeam205 pts

National titles

References

  1. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Neuchatel Planeyse Colombier Date: Saturday, March 22, 1986, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 22 October 2013
  2. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 21 October 2013
  3. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 22 October 2013
  4. ↑ New Zealand Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  5. ↑ Non-scoring performance
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