Claire Tallent
Claire Tallent, September 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Claire Woods | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Adelaide, South Australia | 6 July 1981|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 20km race walk | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 25 April 2013. |
Claire Tallent (born Claire Woods on 6 July 1981 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian racewalker.
She has represented Australia at the Olympic Games, World Championships in Athletics and medalled at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. She is married to international racewalker and dual Olympic medallist, Jared Tallent. She was nineteenth at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, but reached the podium at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, where she claimed the silver medal behind England's Johanna Jackson.
Tallent began her 2011 season with a husband and wife double at the Australian 20 km walk championships, taking the women's title while her husband won on the men's side.[1]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Australia | |||||
2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 14th | 20 km | 1:45:07 hrs |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 27th | 20 km | 1:33:02 hrs |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 27th | 20 km | 1:38:12 hrs |
2010 | Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 2nd | 20 km | 1:36:55 hrs |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 21st | 20 km | 1:34:46 hrs |
2012 | Oceania Championships (Regional Division West) | Cairns, Australia | 1st | 5000 m | 21:57.48 min |
1st | 10 km | 44.19 min | |||
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | 20 km | DQ |
References
- ↑ Johnson, Len (2011-02-19). "Tallents open 2011 with Australian 20Km titles in Hobart-IAAF Race Walking Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claire Tallent. |
- Claire Tallent profile at IAAF
- sports-reference
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