Lisa Jane Weightman (born 16 January 1979) is an Australian

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and four time Olympian who specializes in the

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event. At the

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she came 26th in the Women's marathon with a time of 2:34.19, 7 minutes behind the eventual winner,

Peres Jepchirchir Peres Jepchirchir (born 27 September 1993) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes mainly in road running competitions. She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jepchirchir was the champion ...

. Weightman represented Australia in the marathon at the

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, the

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and the

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. She won her first marathon race in 2010, setting a personal best time of 2:28:48 at the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon. She has also competed at the IAAF World Road Running Championships and the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, winning a team bronze in the latter competition in 2008.

Career

Weightman started out as a track runner but had her first success in cross country running, winning the under-23 section of the national championships in 2003. She took part in the

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competition the following year and finished ninth. In 2006, she became a double national champion when she topped the podium in the

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and half marathon events, and she returned to the Chiba Ekiden to improve to fourth place in her stage. Her first international championships appearance was at the

2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships The 1st IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary on 8 October 2006, the women's race starting at 11:00 and the men's race at 13:00. This was the first time the title of World Road Running Champion had been competed for ...

where she placed thirty-seventh overall. Weightman ended the year by finishing second in the 10,000 metres at the Zatopek Classic behind New Zealander Jessica Ruthe. (Zatopek is named after the Czech distance running great Emil Zatopek and was first held in 1961. It is one of the most prestigious track races on Australian soil). Weightman represented Australia twice in 2007: taking forty-second place at the

2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24, 2007. The races were held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encom ...

and thirty-third at the

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.Weightman Lisa Jane
.

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. Retrieved on 21 April 2010. Weightman won a world championship medal at the

2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 30, 2008. The races were held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races ...

and she and

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helped lead the Australian women to the team bronze. She made her marathon debut soon afterwards, finishing thirteenth in the women's race with a time of 2:32:32. This performance gained her selection for the women's marathon race at the

, where she finished thirty-third with a time of 2:34:16, the second best Australian performance after Johnson. Weightman improved her best world cross country performance at the

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, finishing seventeenth and heading the Australian team to seventh place in the rankings. At the 2009 Christchurch Half Marathon, she was the first past the post to record her first major win on the road running circuit. She competed at her first World Championships in Athletics later that season as Australia's only participant in the women's marathon; she placed eighteenth overall and set a new personal best over the distance with a time of 2:30:42. She improved further in the marathon at the start of the following year, dominating the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon from the 15 km mark to the finish. She knocked almost two minutes off her previous best time to win in 2:28:48, making her the first Australian to win the race. She was selected for the event at the

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in New Delhi. She fell away from the leading pack on two occasions but managed to make up the deficit both times and won the

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in a time of 2:35.25, although she had to be taken from the finish line in a wheelchair due to her exhaustion. She won the 10 km run of the

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-event on 1 July 2012 in

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, Australia finishing in front of Emma Moffatt. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished in 17th place. She came 31st in the marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics in 2:34:41 and 26th marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She achieved a PB of 2:24:00 and came 15th at the

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Personal life

Outside of competitive running, Weightman is a business consultant for IBM and she was the recipient of the 2000 Award for Business Excellence from '' The Age''. She is the daughter of former footballer

Peter Weightman Peter Weightman (born 15 May 1949) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Weightman, who grew up playing in the Preston District Junior Football Association, playe ...

and married her training partner, Lachlan McArthur, in 2008.Preston Olympian Lisa Weightman to marry
. ''Northcote Leader'' (17 November 2008). Retrieved on 16 October 2010.

Personal bests

* All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record

Road race wins

* Christchurch Half Marathon: 2009 * Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon: 2010 * Melbourne Marathon: 2013

References

External links

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Lisa Weightman
at Athletics Australia
Lisa Weightman
at Australian Athletics Historical Results * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightman, Lisa Jane Living people 1979 births Australian female long-distance runners Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Athletes from Melbourne Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games