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| ⚫ | '''Carol Greenwood''' (née '''Haigh''' |
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| ⚫ | '''Carol Greenwood''' (née '''Haigh'''; born 15 March 1966<ref>[https://more.arrs.run/runner/3378 Association of Road Racing Statisticians: Carol Greenwood.]</ref>) is an English former runner who won the [[World Mountain Running Championships|World Mountain Running Trophy]] and was twice a national [[fell running]] champion. |
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Greenwood won the World Trophy in [[Morbegno]] in 1986.<ref>[http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=565&Itemid=4&year=1986&discode=3151&cat=i World Mountain Running Association: World Mountain Running Trophy 1986.]</ref> She also finished third at the 1993 World Trophy<ref>[http://fellrunner.org.uk/fellrunner/1993_October.pdf ”World Trophy – Gap 5/9/93”], ''The Fellrunner'', Oct 1993, 10-11.</ref> and second at the 1997 [[European Mountain Running Championships|European Mountain Running Trophy]].<ref>[http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=567&Itemid=4&year=1997&discode=3151&cat=i World Mountain Running Association: European Mountain Running Trophy 1997.]</ref> |
Greenwood won the World Trophy in [[Morbegno]] in [[1986 World Mountain Running Championships|1986]].<ref>[http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=565&Itemid=4&year=1986&discode=3151&cat=i World Mountain Running Association: World Mountain Running Trophy 1986.]</ref> She also finished third at the [[1993 World Mountain Running Championships|1993 World Trophy]]<ref>[http://fellrunner.org.uk/fellrunner/1993_October.pdf ”World Trophy – Gap 5/9/93”], ''The Fellrunner'', Oct 1993, 10-11.</ref> and second at the 1997 [[European Mountain Running Championships|European Mountain Running Trophy]].<ref>[http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=567&Itemid=4&year=1997&discode=3151&cat=i World Mountain Running Association: European Mountain Running Trophy 1997.]</ref> |
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She ran internationally on other surfaces too, representing her country at the [[1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|1984]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110845/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1984S.html World Cross Country Championships: Women, 1984.]</ref> and [[1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|1994]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110937/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1994S.html World Cross Country Championships: Women, 1994.]</ref> [[World Cross Country Championships]]. She ran in the [[IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships|World Women's Road Race Championships]] in 1984, finishing seventh,<ref>[ |
She ran internationally on other surfaces too, representing her country at the [[1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|1984]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110845/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1984S.html World Cross Country Championships: Women, 1984.]</ref> and [[1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|1994]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110937/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1994S.html World Cross Country Championships: Women, 1994.]</ref> [[World Cross Country Championships]]. She ran in the [[IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships|World Women's Road Race Championships]] in 1984, finishing seventh,<ref>[https://more.arrs.run/race/23537 Association of Road Racing Statisticians: IAAF World Championships, Madrid, 11 Nov 1984.]</ref> and was on the winning team at the [[Yokohama International Women's Ekiden]] in the same year.<ref>''The Times'', 27 Feb 1984.</ref> |
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Domestically, Greenwood won the first [[English Fell Running Championships]] in 1986. The middle of her running career was affected by [[sciatica]] but she returned to prominence in the early 1990s, winning at [[Ben Nevis Race|Ben Nevis]] and the [[Three Peaks Race]] and having a run of thirty-eight consecutive victories in 1993, when she repeated her English Championships success. One of her wins that year was at the [[Snowdon Race]], where she set a record time of 1:12:48.<ref>Steve Chilton, ''It's a Hill, Get Over It'' (Dingwall, 2013), 150-51, 332; Hugh Dan MacLennan, ''The Ben Race'' (Fort William, 1994), 191.</ref> |
Domestically, Greenwood won the first [[English Fell Running Championships]] in 1986. The middle of her running career was affected by [[sciatica]] but she returned to prominence in the early 1990s, winning at [[Ben Nevis Race|Ben Nevis]] and the [[Three Peaks Race]] and having a run of thirty-eight consecutive victories in 1993, when she repeated her English Championships success. One of her wins that year was at the [[Snowdon Race]], where she set a record time of 1:12:48.<ref>Steve Chilton, ''It's a Hill, Get Over It'' (Dingwall, 2013), 150-51, 332; Hugh Dan MacLennan, ''The Ben Race'' (Fort William, 1994), 191.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 00:23, 31 August 2024
Carol Greenwood (née Haigh; born 15 March 1966[1]) is an English former runner who won the World Mountain Running Trophy and was twice a national fell running champion.
Greenwood won the World Trophy in Morbegno in 1986.[2] She also finished third at the 1993 World Trophy[3] and second at the 1997 European Mountain Running Trophy.[4]
She ran internationally on other surfaces too, representing her country at the 1984[5] and 1994[6] World Cross Country Championships. She ran in the World Women's Road Race Championships in 1984, finishing seventh,[7] and was on the winning team at the Yokohama International Women's Ekiden in the same year.[8]
Domestically, Greenwood won the first English Fell Running Championships in 1986. The middle of her running career was affected by sciatica but she returned to prominence in the early 1990s, winning at Ben Nevis and the Three Peaks Race and having a run of thirty-eight consecutive victories in 1993, when she repeated her English Championships success. One of her wins that year was at the Snowdon Race, where she set a record time of 1:12:48.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Association of Road Racing Statisticians: Carol Greenwood.
- ^ World Mountain Running Association: World Mountain Running Trophy 1986.
- ^ ”World Trophy – Gap 5/9/93”, The Fellrunner, Oct 1993, 10-11.
- ^ World Mountain Running Association: European Mountain Running Trophy 1997.
- ^ World Cross Country Championships: Women, 1984.
- ^ World Cross Country Championships: Women, 1994.
- ^ Association of Road Racing Statisticians: IAAF World Championships, Madrid, 11 Nov 1984.
- ^ The Times, 27 Feb 1984.
- ^ Steve Chilton, It's a Hill, Get Over It (Dingwall, 2013), 150-51, 332; Hugh Dan MacLennan, The Ben Race (Fort William, 1994), 191.
