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Jill Hunter
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Nationality	English
Born	14 October 1966 (age 58); Hexham, Northumberland
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Blaydon Harriers AC ; Valli Harriers
Medal record
athletics
Representing England
Commonwealth Games

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Jill Boltz (née Hunter, born 14 October 1966) is an English former distance runner who represented Great Britain at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. She won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. In 1991, she broke the World Best for 10 miles, with 51:41 in New York City.^[1] She also twice won the AAA Championships 10,000 metres title (1989, 1995).

Career

Hunter was born in Hexham, Northumberland, England and was a member of Blaydon Harriers Athletics Club and later Valli Harriers.^[2] She first came to prominence as a cross-country runner, finishing second to Angela Tooby at the 1988 UK world cross country trial, ahead of Zola Budd. At the 1988 World Cross Country Championships in Auckland she made the top ten, finishing ninth.^[3] In August, she finished second behind Yvonne Murray at the AAA Championships in the 3000 metres in 8:51.51, earning Olympic selection. Two weeks later, she ran her best ever 3000 metres at the Zurich Grand Prix, running 8:47.36. At the Seoul Olympics in September, she was eliminated in her heat, running 8:57.28^[4]

Hunter finished in the top ten at both the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Stavanger and the 1989 World 15km Road Race Championships in Rio de Janeiro, placing seventh and sixth respectively. That year, she also won the AAAs National title at 10,000 metres, to earn Commonwealth selection for England. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland in January, she won the silver medal behind Scotland's Liz McColgan.^[5]^[6]^[7] Later that year, she finished eighth in the 10,000 metres final at the European Championships in Split.

Hunter had perhaps the best year of her career in 1991. In April, she broke Cathy O'Brien's 10 mile World Best on the roads, with 51:41 in New York City. In June, at the European Cup in Frankfurt, she ran her lifetime best 10,000 m with 31:07.88, to finish second behind Kathrin Ullrich who ran 31:03.62. This performance moved her to fifth on the world all-time list at the time. In July she ran 48:19 for 15 km on the roads, which at the time, ranked her sixth on the world all-time list. As the world's number three (after McColgan and Ullrich) she was a serious medal contender in the 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Tokyo, however she struggled in the humid conditions and finished ninth in the final in 32:24.55^[8]

In 1992, Hunter achieved her third top ten finish at the World Cross Country Championships, finishing eighth in Boston. In the summer, she ran her career best 5000 metres with 15:09.98 in Hechtel. Then in August, at the Barcelona Olympics, she finished 10th in the 10,000 metres final in 31:46.49.^[9] After struggling with injuries, Hunter returned to win her second AAAs 10,000 m title in 1995 and earn selection for the World Championships in Gothenburg, where she finished 15th in the 10,000 metres final.

As of 2022, Hunter ranks seventh on the UK all-time list for 10,000 m (31:07 in 1991), 11th on the 10 km road (31.42 in 1989) and eighth on the 15 km road (48:19 in 1991), while her 10-mile road best (51:41 in 1991) still ranks third on the UK all-time list, with Paula Radcliffe and Eilish McColgan being the only British women to have gone faster.

Personal life

Hunter married Danny Boltz, a Swiss-born Australian distance runner, who represented Switzerland at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the Marathon.^[10]

National titles

AAAs National 10,000 metres Champion (1989, 1995)

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain / England
1988	World Cross Country Championships	Auckland, New Zealand	9th	6 km	19:46
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	20th (h)	3000 m	8:57.28
1989	World Cross Country Championships	Stavanger, Norway	7th	6 km	23:00
1989	World Road Race Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	15 km	50:34
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	2nd	10,000 m	32:33.21
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	8th	10,000 m	32:10.15
1991	European Cup	Frankfurt, Germany	2nd	10,000 m	31:07.88
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	9th	10,000 m	32:24.55 (31:55.55)
1992	World Cross Country Championships	Boston, United States	8th	6.4 km	21:39
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	10th	10,000 m	31:46.49
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	15th	10,000 m	32:24.93 (32:22.93)

Notes:

(h) Indicates overall position achieved in qualifying round.
(#) indicates superior time achieved in qualifying round.

References

^ "All-time women's best 10 miles road race". Track & Field all-time. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
^ Jill Hunter. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
^ Jill Boltz. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
^ "Women 3000m Olympic Games 1988 Seoul (KOR) - Saturday 25.09".
^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ http://www.todor66.com//athletics/world/1991/Women_10000.html ^{[dead link‍]}
^ http://www.todor66.com/olim/Athletics/Women_10000m.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ My killer session – Jill Boltz. Athletics Weekly (2016-06-28). Retrieved 2018-03-08.

[1] "All-time women's best 10 miles road race". Track & Field all-time. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

[2] Jill Hunter. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-03-08.

[3] Jill Boltz. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-08.

[4] "Women 3000m Olympic Games 1988 Seoul (KOR) - Saturday 25.09".

[5] "1990 Athletes". Team England.

[6] "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[7] "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

[8] ttp://www.todor66.com//athletics/world/1991/Women_10000.html ^{[dead link‍]}

[9] ttp://www.todor66.com/olim/Athletics/Women_10000m.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[10] My killer session – Jill Boltz. Athletics Weekly (2016-06-28). Retrieved 2018-03-08.

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-'''Jill Hunter-Boltz''' (born 14 October 1966) is an [[English people|English]] former distance runner who represented [[Great Britain]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympic Games]] in [[Seoul]] and the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]] in [[Barcelona]]. She won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]]. In 1991, she broke the World Best for 10 miles, with 51:41 in [[New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w10milesroad.htm |work=Track & Field all-time |title=All-time women's best 10 miles road race |accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref> She also twice won the [[British Athletics Championships|AAAs Championship]] 10,000 metres title (1989, 1995).
+'''Jill Boltz''' (née '''Hunter''', born 14 October 1966) is an [[English people|English]] former distance runner who represented [[Great Britain]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul Olympics]] and the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Olympics]]. She won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]]. In 1991, she broke the World Best for 10 miles, with 51:41 in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w10milesroad.htm |work=Track & Field all-time |title=All-time women's best 10 miles road race |accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref> She also twice won the [[AAA Championships]] 10,000 metres title (1989, 1995).
 ==Career==
-Hunter was born in [[Hexham]], [[Northumberland]], [[England]] and was a member of Blaydon Harriers Athletics Club and later Valli Harriers. She first came to prominence as a cross-country runner, finishing second to [[Angela Tooby]] at the 1988 UK world cross country trial, ahead of [[Zola Budd]]. At the [[World Cross Country Championships|1988 World Cross Country Championships]] in [[Auckland]] she made the top ten, finishing ninth. In August, she finished second behind [[Yvonne Murray]] at the [[British Athletics Championships|AAAs National Championships]] in the 3000 metres in 8:51.51, earning Olympic selection. Two weeks later, she ran her best ever 3000 metres at the [[Weltklasse Zürich|Zurich Grand Prix]], running 8:47.36. At the [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul Olympics]] in September, she was eliminated in her heat, running 8:57.28<ref>http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988/Athletics/Women_3000m.html</ref>
+Hunter was born in [[Hexham]], [[Northumberland]], [[England]] and was a member of Blaydon Harriers Athletics Club and later Valli Harriers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031801/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/jill-hunter-1.html Jill Hunter]. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-03-08.</ref> She first came to prominence as a cross-country runner, finishing second to [[Angela Tooby]] at the 1988 UK world cross country trial, ahead of [[Zola Budd]]. At the [[World Cross Country Championships|1988 World Cross Country Championships]] in [[Auckland]] she made the top ten, finishing ninth.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/jill-hunter-60805 Jill Boltz]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-08.</ref> In August, she finished second behind [[Yvonne Murray]] at the [[AAA Championships]] in the 3000 metres in 8:51.51, earning Olympic selection. Two weeks later, she ran her best ever 3000 metres at the [[Weltklasse Zürich|Zurich Grand Prix]], running 8:47.36. At the [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul Olympics]] in September, she was eliminated in her heat, running 8:57.28<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988/Athletics/Women_3000m.html|title = Women 3000m Olympic Games 1988 Seoul (KOR) - Saturday 25.09}}</ref>
-In 1989, Hunter finished in the top ten at both the [[World Cross Country Championships]] in [[Stavanger]] and the [[IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships|15km World Road Race Championships]] in [[San Diego]], placing seventh and sixth respectively. That year, she also won the AAAs National title at 10,000 metres, to earn Commonwealth selection. At the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Auckland]] in January, she won the silver medal behind Scotland's [[Liz McColgan]]. Later that year, she finished eighth in the 10,000 metres final at the [[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] in [[Split, Croatia|Split]].
+Hunter finished in the top ten at both the [[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] in [[Stavanger]] and the [[IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships|1989 World 15km Road Race Championships]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], placing seventh and sixth respectively. That year, she also won the AAAs National title at 10,000 metres, to earn Commonwealth selection for [[England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|England]]. At the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Auckland]] in January, she won the silver medal behind Scotland's [[Liz McColgan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39853|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> Later that year, she finished eighth in the 10,000 metres final at the [[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] in [[Split, Croatia|Split]].
-Hunter had perhaps the best year of her career in 1991. In April, she broke [[Cathy O'Brien (athlete)|Cathy O'Brien]]'s  10 mile World Best on the roads, with 51:41 in [[New York]]. In June, at the [[European Cup in Athletics|European Cup]] in [[Frankfurt]], she ran her lifetime best 10,000 m with 31:07.88, to finish second behind [[Kathrin Wessel|Kathrin Ullrich]] who ran 31:03.62. This performance moved her to fifth on the world all-time list at the time. In July she ran 48:19 for 15&nbsp;km on the roads, which at the time, ranked her sixth on the world all-time list. As the world's number three (after McColgan and Ullrich) she was a serious medal contender in the 10,000 metres at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], however she struggled in the humid conditions and finished ninth in the final in 32:24.55<ref>http://www.todor66.com//athletics/world/1991/Women_10000.html</ref>
+Hunter had perhaps the best year of her career in 1991. In April, she broke [[Cathy O'Brien (athlete)|Cathy O'Brien]]'s  10 mile World Best on the roads, with 51:41 in [[New York City]]. In June, at the [[European Cup in Athletics|European Cup]] in [[Frankfurt]], she ran her lifetime best 10,000 m with 31:07.88, to finish second behind [[Kathrin Wessel|Kathrin Ullrich]] who ran 31:03.62. This performance moved her to fifth on the world all-time list at the time. In July she ran 48:19 for 15&nbsp;km on the roads, which at the time, ranked her sixth on the world all-time list. As the world's number three (after McColgan and Ullrich) she was a serious medal contender in the 10,000 metres at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], however she struggled in the humid conditions and finished ninth in the final in 32:24.55<ref>http://www.todor66.com//athletics/world/1991/Women_10000.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
-In 1992, Hunter achieved her third top ten finish at the World Cross Country Championships, finishing eighth in [[Boston, United States|Boston]]. In the summer, she ran her career best 5000 metres with 15:09.98 in [[Hechtel]]. Then in August, at the [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona Olympics]], she finished 10th in the 10,000 metres final in 31:46.49.<ref>http://www.todor66.com/olim/Athletics/Women_10000m.html</ref> After struggling with injuries, Hunter returned to win her second AAAs 10,000 m title in 1995 and earn selection for the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Gothenburg]], where she finished 15th in the 10,000 metres final.
+In 1992, Hunter achieved her third top ten finish at the World Cross Country Championships, finishing eighth in [[Boston, United States|Boston]]. In the summer, she ran her career best 5000 metres with 15:09.98 in [[Hechtel]]. Then in August, at the [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona Olympics]], she finished 10th in the 10,000 metres final in 31:46.49.<ref>http://www.todor66.com/olim/Athletics/Women_10000m.html{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After struggling with injuries, Hunter returned to win her second AAAs 10,000 m title in 1995 and earn selection for the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Gothenburg]], where she finished 15th in the 10,000 metres final.
-As of 2015, Hunter ranks fifth on the UK all-time list for 10,000 m  (31:07 in 1991),  10&nbsp;km road (31.42 in 1989) and 15&nbsp;km road (48:19 in 1991), while her 10-mile road best (51:41 in 1991) still ranks second on the UK all-time list, with [[Paula Radcliffe]] being the only British woman to have gone faster.
+As of 2022, Hunter ranks seventh on the UK all-time list for 10,000 m  (31:07 in 1991),  11th on the 10&nbsp;km road (31.42 in 1989) and eighth on the 15&nbsp;km road (48:19 in 1991), while her 10-mile road best (51:41 in 1991) still ranks third on the UK all-time list, with [[Paula Radcliffe]] and [[Eilish McColgan]] being the only British women to have gone faster.
 ==Personal life==
-Hunter married [[Daniel Böltz|Danny Boltz]], a Swiss-born Australian distance runner, who represented [[Switzerland at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Switzerland]] at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the Marathon.
+Hunter married [[Daniel Böltz|Danny Boltz]], a Swiss-born Australian distance runner, who represented [[Switzerland at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Switzerland]] at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the Marathon.<ref>[http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/my-killer-session-jill-boltz-45308  My killer session – Jill Boltz]. ''Athletics Weekly'' (2016-06-28). Retrieved 2018-03-08.</ref>
-==Achievements==
+==National titles==
 *AAAs National 10,000 metres Champion (1989, 1995)
+==International competitions==
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 |[[Auckland, New Zealand]]
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 |6&nbsp;km
+| [[1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|19:46]]
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-|[[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
+|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
 |[[Stavanger, Norway]]
 |7th
 |6&nbsp;km
+| [[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|23:00]]
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 |-
-|[[IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships|World Road Race Championships]]
+|[[1989 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships|World Road Race Championships]]
-|[[San Diego]], [[United States]]
+|[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
 |6th
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+| [[1989 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships#Individual|50:34]]
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 |10,000 m
+| [[Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10,000 metres|32:33.21]]
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 |[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
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+| [[1991 European Cup (athletics)#Women's events|31:07.88]]
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 |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
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+|[[1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
 |[[Boston, United States]]
 |8th
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+| [[1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|21:39]]
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 |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
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+|10,000 m
 |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 10,000 metres|32:24.93]]<small> (32:22.93)</small>
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+<small>'''Notes:'''</small>
-*(h) Indicates overall position achieved in qualifying round.
+*<small>(h) Indicates overall position achieved in qualifying round.</small>
-*(#) indicates superior time achieved in qualifying round.</small>
+*<small>(#) indicates superior time achieved in qualifying round.</small>
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 [[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England]]
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