Yvonne Margaret Danson (born 22 May 1959 in London, United Kingdom) is a female former road running athlete.

Athletics career

Danson represented England at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

in Victoria, Canada, winning the bronze medal in the women's

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. Danson achieved her personal best a year later in 1995 at the prestigious Boston Marathon, in a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 53 seconds, which earned her 5th place. Living in Singapore at the time, Danson took up citizenship in order to represent Singapore in international competitions. At the 1995 Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, she claimed the silver medal in the marathon. Her time of 2 hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds remains the Singapore national record. She also set a Singapore national record of 36 minutes 27 seconds in the 10,000 metres at the same Games, winning the bronze medal. Danson represented Singapore at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, finishing in 38th place out of a field of 86 runners. She also holds the Singapore national record for the 5,000 metres, having run the distance in 17 minutes 35.3 seconds in Singapore in 1997.

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

References

External links

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Profile at iaaf.org

{{DEFAULTSORT:Danson, Yvonne 1959 births Living people Athletes from London Singaporean female long-distance runners British female long-distance runners English female long-distance runners British female marathon runners English female marathon runners Olympic athletes for Singapore Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Singaporean people of English descent English emigrants to Singapore People who lost British citizenship Naturalised citizens of Australia SEA Games medalists in athletics SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games