Fiona Benson

Fiona Benson (born 25 May 1992) is a Canadian middle-distance runner.[1] She competed in the 800 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[2]

For the poet, see Fiona Benson (poet).

Fiona Benson
Personal information
Born (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992
Sport
CountryCanada
SportTrack and field
Event(s)800 metres

Career

From 2011 to 2015 she ran at Trinity Western University.[3][4]

Benson began the 2015 season with a 10k on the road at Vancouver Sun Run where she ran 35:49.[5] In April 2015, she had a personal best of 2:07. Benson started a string of personal best on May 30, 2015 at the 2015 Christie-Phoenix Insurance Victoria Run Series where she won in 2:01.58.[6] She then won the 2015 Victoria International Track Classic in a then personal best time of 2:01.02.[7] She ran the team standard to represent Canada at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, where she again ran a personal best time of 1:59.59 in the semi-finals of the 800 metres, placing 17th overall.[8]

Personal bests
  • Mile (2015): 4:25.79[9]
  • 800 (2015): 1:59.59[10]

References
  1. "Fiona Benson". IAAF. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. Heats results
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Fiona Benson". Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. "2015 Vancouver Sun Run 10K Results". Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  6. Victoria Media Group (1 June 2015). "Fiona Benson Interview". Retrieved 15 March 2017 – via YouTube.
  7. Victoria Media Group (11 June 2015). "2015 Victoria Track Classic: Fiona Benson Interview". Retrieved 15 March 2017 – via YouTube.
  8. letsrundotcom (27 August 2015). "Canada's Fiona Benson talks after running 159.59 pb at Worlds". Retrieved 15 March 2017 – via YouTube.
  9. "Women's Mile (Fiona Benson 4:25 World Lead!)". Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  10. "Evan Jager gets a record, Shannon Rowbury and Cam Levins get questions at the Portland Track Festival". Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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