Claire Tallent
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Claire Tallent, September 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Claire Woods | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
6 July 1981 Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 20km race walk | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Claire Tallent (née Woods, born 6 July 1981 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian racewalker.
She has represented Australia at the Olympic Games, World Championships in Athletics and medalled at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
She married international racewalker and dual Olympic gold medallist Jared Tallent in Walkerville, South Australia in August 2008.[1] They welcomed their first son, Harvey Sebastian Tallent into the world on 25 May 2017.[2]
She was nineteenth at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, but reached the podium at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, where she claimed the silver medal behind England's Johanna Jackson.
Tallent began her 2011 season with a husband and wife double at the Australian 20 km walk championships, taking the women's title while her husband won on the men's side.[3]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 14th | 20 km | 1:45:07 hrs |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 27th | 20 km | 1:33:02 hrs |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 27th | 20 km | 1:38:12 hrs |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 2nd | 20 km | 1:36:55 hrs |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 21st | 20 km | 1:34:46 hrs |
| 2012 | Oceania Championships (Regional Division West) | Cairns, Australia | 1st | 5000 m | 21:57.48 min |
| 1st | 10 km | 44.19 min | |||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | 20 km | DQ | |
References
- ↑ Gullan, Scott (22 August 2008). "Jared Tallent and Claire Woods to wed in Walkerville". The Australian. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ↑ Homray, Reece (29 May 2017). "Australian racewalking couple Jared and Claire Tallent welcome the pitter patter of little feet with their first child". The Advertiser. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ Johnson, Len (2011-02-19). "Tallents open 2011 with Australian 20Km titles in Hobart-IAAF Race Walking Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.
- ↑ Homray, Reece (29 May 2017). "Australian racewalking couple Jared and Claire Tallent welcome the pitter patter of little feet with their first child". The Advertiser. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claire Tallent. |
- Claire Tallent profile at IAAF
- "Claire Woods-Tallent". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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