Bethanie Anne Nail (married name Kearney; born 24 March 1956) is a retired

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who specialised in

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and

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events. She competed in her first international competition in 1974, at the

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. She competed in the

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event. In her first

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competition in Montreal, 1976, Kearney competed in the 400 metres, and the

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events. The relay team came fourth in the final with a time of 3 m 25.56 secs. At the

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, she won a bronze medal in the

and a silver in the 4 × 400 metres relay. She is currently on the Executive of the Tasmanian Olympic Council.

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Bethanie 'Beth' Nail
at Australian Athletics Historical Results * * * 1956 births Living people Australian female middle-distance runners Australian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub

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