Carol Montgomery (born August 24, 1966, in

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) is an Olympic athlete from

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who competed in

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and athletics. She won a bronze medal at the

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, Manitoba, Canada,ITU athlete profile Carol Montgomery
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September 29, 2007. and a bronze and a silver at the 1995 Mar del Plata Pan American Games in the 5,000m and 10,000m respectively. She was the World Duathlon Champion in 1993. Once won, she never competed in another duathlon event. She won the gold medal in the

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in Manchester and often refers to this race as the highlight of her career. She did race in high school but only in grades 8 to 10 before, returning to running while at

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in 1986, where she honed her running capabilities before embarking on her triathlon career. Montgomery considered her triathlon career as a full-time "job", and thus competed in very few track races. She competed only once at 1,500m, six times at the 3,000m, six times at the 5,000m, and completed just nine 10,000m events. She competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the

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. She did not finish the competition due to a crash on the bike leg. She was also selected to compete in the 10,000 meters on the track, but had to withdraw due to injury sustained in the triathlon crash. Four years later, at the

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, Montgomery finished in 35th place with a time of 2:15:25.62.

Personal records

10000m - 32:11.19
5000m - 15:36.27
3000m - 9:04
1500m - 4:18

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