Lynn Kanuka-Williams ( Kanuka; born July 11, 1960) is a

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athlete from

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. She competed in 3000m races, as well as a smaller number of 1500m races. She competed for Canada at the

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held in

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, U.S. in the 3,000 metres where she won the bronze medal (in the race notable for the incident between Mary Decker and

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). Four years later in

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she finished fifth in the

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. Additionally, she collected a bronze medal at the 1989 World Cross Country championships.

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* * * * * * 1960 births Living people Canadian female middle-distance runners Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Athletes from Regina, Saskatchewan Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Canada 20th-century Canadian women {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub

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