Fiona Benson (born 25 May 1992) is a Canadian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

. She competed in the 800 metres event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

in Beijing, China.

Career

From 2011 to 2015 she ran at

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. Benson began the 2015 season with a 10k on the road at

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where she ran 35:49. In April 2015, she had a personal best of 2:07. Benson started a string of personal best on May 30, 2015 at the 2015 Christie-Phoenix Insurance Victoria Run Series where she won in 2:01.58. She then won the 2015

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International Track Classic in a then personal best time of 2:01.02. She ran the team standard to represent Canada at the

, where she again ran a personal best time of 1:59.59 in the semi-finals of the 800 metres, placing 17th overall.

Personal bests

* Mile (2015): 4:25.79 * 800 (2015): 1:59.59

References

External links

* * 1992 births Living people Canadian female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Place of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub