Ann Ford (née Yeoman; born 30 March 1952) is an English former
middle and
long-distance
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runner. She finished in the top ten at five
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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, including fourth-place finishes in 1974 and 1976. She also won a World Cross Country Championship team gold medal in 1974 and a bronze medal in 1979 and 1982. She was also a team winner at the
International Cross Country Championships
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in 1972.
[Ann Ford]
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
In 1978, she won a bronze medal in the
3000 metres at the
Commonwealth Games
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, in a race won by her twin sister
Paula Fudge. At the 1988
London Marathon
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, she finished second to
Ingrid Kristiansen
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, running a personal best time of 2:30:38, to earn selection for the Seoul Olympics. She withdrew from the Olympic team in August 1988 due to injury.
On the
road running
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circuit, she was the 1986 winner of the
Reading Half Marathon
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, the
Fleet Half Marathon
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winner in 1985 and 1988, and won the
Nottingham Half Marathon in 1993 and 1997.
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International competitions
Marathons
National titles
* English Cross Country Championships
**Senior race: 1976
*AAA Marathon Championships
**Senior race: 1986, 1988British Road Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
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England Athletics Championships
**3000 m: 1972
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See also
* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (women)
References
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1952 births
Living people
British female long-distance runners
British female marathon runners
British female cross country runners
English female long-distance runners
English female marathon runners
English female cross country runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games