Lisa Martin-Ondieki
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.
Web links
- Lisa Martin-Ondieki in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Lisa Martin-Ondieki in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
- Lisa Martin-Ondieki in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Detailed article on time-to-run.com (Engl.)
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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 |