Tani Ruckle (born 25 June 1962) is a Canadian-born former long-distance runner who represented Australia. She ran her career-best time for the

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with 2:31:19 for fourth at the 1988 Chicago Marathon. That performance moved her to second on the Australian all-time list behind Lisa Martin, and as of 2018, ranks her 12th. She won a silver medal in the marathon at the

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. She also finished ninth at the 1988 World 15 km Road Race Championships. She was born in

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Lethbridge Herald Newspaper Archives (January 31, 1990). Retrieved 2018-05-01.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruckle, Tani 1962 births Athletes from Vancouver Canadian female long-distance runners Australian female long-distance runners Canadian female marathon runners Australian female marathon runners Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners