Johanna "Hanny" Allston (born 12 February 1986) is an Australian orienteer. Johanna Allston, or Hanny Allston as many know her, won the 2006 Junior World Orienteering Championships for the long distance event. She won by a near-record margin of 4 minutes and 38 seconds. She is the first Australian woman orienteer ever to win a

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at a World Championship level.World of O Runners – Hanny Allston
(Retrieved on 29 June 2008 ) When she won her

it was her last year of eligibility to run in the Junior World Championships. At the 2006

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she claimed gold in the Sprint event. This is the best result by an Australian in the history of the event and she became the first person to win both Senior and Junior World Orienteering Championship titles in the same year. Hanny currently resides in Hobart, Tasmania where she runs a retail outlet in the CBD selling outdoor sports equipment and life coaching services. In early 2015, she won the Six Foot Track Marathon in a female course record of 3h 34m 50s.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allston, Johanna 1986 births Living people Australian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists World Games gold medalists World Games silver medalists Competitors at the 2009 World Games World Games medalists in orienteering 21st-century Australian people Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists

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