Anne Audain

Anne Frances Audain , born Anne Frances Garrett (born November 1, 1955 in Auckland ), is a former New Zealand medium and long-distance runner .

career

She was adopted immediately after she was born . Her foot bones were deformed as a result of a birth defect; It was only after she had an operation at the age of 13 that she was able to walk properly. Just three years later, she ran the 1500 m, a time that would have qualified her for the Olympic Games in Munich ; however, she was not considered for the Olympic team because she was considered too young.

In 1973 she was ninth at the World Cross Country Championships in Waregem and in 1974 sixth over 1500 m at the British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch . At the Cross Country World Cup in 1975 in Rabat, she was tenth in the individual standings and won silver with the New Zealand team.

In 1976, she retired at the Olympic Games in Montreal over 800 m and 1500 m in the run. She competed three more times at the Cross Country World Championships: in 1977 in Düsseldorf she came ninth and won team bronze, in 1979 in Limerick she came in 14th and in 1981 in Madrid in 27th.

After serving as an elementary school teacher for four years, she moved to the United States in 1981 to become a professional athlete . Their open acceptance of prize money in road races led to a scandal due to the amateur statutes in force at the time and a temporary ban by the New Zealand Athletics Federation. The discussion that this triggered led to a reform of the regulations, so that they were allowed to participate in national and international championships again and the world record over 5000 m of 15: 13.2 min, which they had set on March 15, 1982, was recognized. In the same year she won the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane over 3000 m .

In 1983 she won the New York Mini 10K and finished fourth in the Chicago Marathon . The following year she was second in the präolympischen Marathon of Los Angeles in February, but reached the Marathon of the 1984 Olympic Games is not the goal.

At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, she won silver over 10,000m , and at the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, she came eleventh over the same distance.

In 1990 she was at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland eleventh over 10,000 m and second in the Twin Cities Marathon , in 1991 fifth in the Los Angeles Marathon .

She was New Zealand champion three times over 1500 m (1976, 1979, 1980), twice over 800 m (1976, 1979), over 3000 m (1982, 1986) as well as in the 4 km road run (1972, 1973) and once each over 5000 m (1987) and 10,000 m (1990).

In 1993, she called in her place of residence Boise ( Idaho ) the Women's Run Women's Fitness Celebration (now FitOne ) to life. In 1995 she was named a Member of the British Empire (MBE); in the same year she received US citizenship. In 2008 she was in the Hall of Champions of Running USA recorded in 2009 in the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.

Best times

• 800 m: 2: 04.05 min, February 16, 1980
• 1500 m: 4: 10.68 min, July 28, 1976, Montreal
• 1 mile : 4:33.93 min, January 15, 1983, Christchurch
• 3000 m: 8: 45.53 min, October 4th 1982, Brisbane
• 5000 m: 15: 13.22 min, March 17, 1982, Auckland
• 10,000 m: 31: 53.31 min, July 28, 1986, Edinburgh
• 10K road run: 31:45 min, May 16, 1982, Cleveland
• 15K road run: 49:01 min, June 26, 1988, Portland
• Half marathon : 1:11:27 h, September 17, 1983, Manchester
• Marathon: 2:31:41 h, October 14, 1990, Saint Paul

Publications

• with John L. Parker Jr .: Uncommon Heart. Cedarwinds, 2000, ISBN 0915297280

Web links

• Official website
• Anne Audain in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Anne Audain in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

1. ^ Huxley Running Company: Anne Audain on the past, present, and future of our sport ( Memento from March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Randy Beard: Evansville's Audain helped bring money to running ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Evansville Courier & Press. June 18, 2011  
3. ^ Gbrathletics: New Zealand Championships
4. ↑ FitOne: About Us ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Running USA: Hall of Champions: Fifth Class (2008)
6. ^ New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: Anne Audain