Nancy Tinari

Nancy Tinari
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
World Road Race Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 San Diego 10 km Team
Silver medal – second place 1987 Monte Carlo 15 km Individual
World Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Gateshead Women's Team

Nancy Tinari (née Rooks, born 13 June 1959)[1] is a Canadian former long-distance runner. She won the silver medal at the 1987 World 15km Road Race Championships behind Ingrid Kristiansen.[2] Her time of 48:53 still stands as the Canadian record. She also won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games,[3] and represented Canada at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[4] Tinari continued competing into her forties, including finishing second at the 2000 Canadian 10 km Road Race Championships aged 41 and winning the Canadian Masters Cross Country title in November 2008 aged 49.[5]

  1. ^ "Nancy Tinari". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. ^ "World Road Race Championships". ARRS. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Pan American Games results". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Nancy Tinari 1988 Seoul". Canadian Olympic Team official website. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Nancy Tinari". ARRS. Retrieved 1 June 2017.