Lynn Jennings

Lynn Jennings
Personal information
Full nameLynn Alice Jennings
BornJuly 1, 1960 (1960-07) (age 64)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 10,000 metres
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Barcelona 3000 metres
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Toronto 3000 metres
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Aix-les-Bains Women's race
Gold medal – first place 1991 Antwerp Women's race
Gold medal – first place 1992 Boston Women's race
Silver medal – second place 1986 Neuchâtel Women's race
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Amorebieta Women's race

Lynn Alice Jennings (born July 1, 1960) is a retired American long-distance runner. She is one of the best female American runners of all time, with a range from 1500 meters to the marathon. She excelled at all three of the sport's major disciplines: track, road, and cross country. She won the bronze in the Women's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. She set a world indoor record in the 5000 meter run in 1990.

She is a nine-time champion of the USA Cross Country Championships and won the IAAF World Cross Country Championships three times consecutively from 1990 to 1992. Only two other women (Norway's Grete Waitz and Kenya's Edith Masai) have achieved this feat.