 Weightman with her nephew in Melbourne for the 2008 Olympic homecoming parade | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lisa Jane Weightman |
| Born | 16 January 1979 Melbourne, Australia[1] |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Marathon |
| Coached by | Richard Telford |
Medal record | |
Lisa Jane Weightman (born 16 January 1979) is an Australian long distance runner and four time Olympian who specializes in the marathon event. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she came 26th in the Women's marathon with a time of 2:34.19, 7 minutes behind the eventual winner, Peres Jepchirchir.[2]
Weightman 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.
- ^ "Lisa Weightman". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Athletics WEIGHTMAN Lisa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.