Tonya Nero

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Tonya Nero
Tonya Nero - 2012 World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna.jpg
Tonya Nero at the 2012 World Half Marathon Championships
Personal information
Born (1988-11-27) 27 November 1988 (age 36)
Sport
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Event
 Long-distance running

Tonya Nero (born 27 November 1988) [1] is a Trinidad and Tobago long-distance runner. She holds national records in the 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon.

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Nero was an All-American in the 10,000 m at the 2011 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the Wichita State Shockers track and field team. [2]

She competed at the 2012, [3] 2014, [4] 2016 [5] and 2018 [6] editions of the World Half Marathon Championships. Her best finish was 27th at the 2012 edition in Kavarna, Bulgaria, when she set the Trinidad & Tobago national record with a time of 1:15:13.

In 2019, she competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. [7] She finished in 10th place with a time of 34:15.36. [7]

Athletic career

Nero represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland in the women's 10,000 metres event, [1] where she finished 12th out of 13 competitors. [1] In 2016, she won the Run Barbados 10k event. [8]

She competed in the World Half Marathon Championships for Trinidad & Tobago from 2012 to 2018.

She competed in the women's marathon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, [9] finishing in 14th place. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Hall of Fame Feature: Tonya Nero". Wichita State Athletics. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "2012 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "2014 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  5. ↑ "2016 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  6. ↑ "2018 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  7. 1 2 "Women's 10,000 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 16 Aug 2019.
  8. ↑ Huebsch, Tim (2016-12-04). "Fun in the sun at Run Barbados including remarkable 10K finish". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  9. 1 2 "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.


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