Rachel Cliff (born 1 April 1988) is a Canadian

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...

. She competed in the women's 10,000 meters at the

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. In 2018, she set the Canadian record with a time of 1:10:08 in The Woodlands Half-Marathon, in March 2018. The same year, Cliff also secured the fastest ever debut-marathon by a Canadian woman when finishing the 2018 Berlin Marathon in 11th place. She won the bronze medal in the 10,000m at the 2018 NACAC Championships and placed 9th at both the 2015 ''Universiade'' 5000m in Korea, as well as the 10,000m at the

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. At the Nagoya Women's 2019 Marathon, she set the Canadian record, running the Japanese marathon as only her second career marathon ever.

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* * * 1988 births Living people Canadian female long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub