Lisa Martin-Ondieki

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Lisa Frances Martin-Ondieki (born Lisa O'Dea, in her first marriage Lisa Martin ; born May 12, 1960 in Gawler ) is an Australian long-distance runner and winner of an Olympic silver medal.

In 1983, in her first marathon , she improved the Australian record by almost five minutes to 2:32:22. When she took part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where a women's marathon was held for the first time (2:29:03, seventh place) and the Chicago Marathon in the same year (2:27:40, second place), she pressed this Mark further down.

At the 1986 Commonwealth Games marathon in Edinburgh she won the gold medal, again in record time (2:26:07). In the same year she finished second in the New York City Marathon .

At the marathon of the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 she won the silver medal in the marathon behind Rosa Mota and ahead of Katrin Dörre . Earlier this year she had won the Osaka Women's Marathon in 2:23:51. This Oceania record was only broken 18 years later by Benita Johnson .

At the Commonwealth Games in Auckland in 1990 , she defended her title. Although she had to give up at the marathon of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​she won the New York City Marathon in autumn, where she finished third the previous year, with a course record of 2:24:40.

Lisa Martin was married to her fellow runner Ken Martin. Then she married the top Kenyan runner Yobes Ondieki . From this now divorced relationship a daughter emerged.

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SURNAME Martin-Ondieki, Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Dea, Lisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian long-distance runner and Olympic runner-up
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Gawler