Lisa Weightman competing for Australia in the 2017 London Marathon. She went on to finish 5th in a time of 02:25:15
Lisa Jane Weightman (born 16 January 1979) is an Australian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She represented Australia in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. 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 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 Chiba Ekiden road relay competition the following year and finished ninth. In 2006, she became a double national champion when she topped the podium in the 10,000 metres 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 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. She represented Australia twice in 2007: taking forty-second place at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and thirty-third at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships. Weightman won a world championship medal at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and she and Benita Johnson 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 2008 Summer Olympics, where she finished thirty-third with a time of 2:34:16, the second best Australian performance after Johnson.
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Location: North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom
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