Comments on: Lisa Ondieki – Australia’s only Olympic Marathon Medalist https://runnerstribe.com/members-only/lisa-ondieki-australias-only-olympic-marathon-medalist/ Worldwide Running Media Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:10:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: GT https://runnerstribe.com/members-only/lisa-ondieki-australias-only-olympic-marathon-medalist/#comment-27801 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 05:24:30 +0000 https://www.runnerstribe.com/?p=24653#comment-27801 I remember seeing Lisa O’Dea as a sprinter/hurdler in the mid 70s. Running with three talented clubmates from Enfield Harriers, her first Australian record was in a 4x100m team which set an U15 (the ‘sub-junior age category used at the time) national best. She held the South Australian record of about 15.3 for the 100m Hurdles, but when she moved up to 400m Hurdles (60.5) she had more success at the open level.

I sometimes wonder how successful she might have been if the Steeplechase had been an international event for women in the 80s.

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