Nina Rillstone

Nina Kathy Rillstone (born April 15, 1975 in Brentwood, Essex) is a New Zealand long-distance and marathon runner.[1] She is a national champion in both middle and long distance running, and a national record holder for the half-marathon.

Nina Rillstone
Personal information
Full nameNina Kathy Rillstone
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1975-04-15) 15 April 1975
Brentwood, Essex
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon
ClubPakuranga Athletics Club (NZL)
Coached byJohn Bowden
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Marathon – 2:29:46
Half-marathon – 1:10:49

She set her personal best for the Half Marathon of 1:13:03 at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her personal best in the marathon came during the Nagano Marathon in 2006, with a time of 2:29:46. Rillstone set a national record for the marathon at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, with a time of 2:33:58, finishing in thirteenth place.[2]

Rillstone represented New Zealand for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed in the women's marathon. She ran and finished the race in sixteenth place, with a best possible time of 2:31:16, nearly two minutes short of her personal best set in Nagano.[3]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nina Rillstone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. "Team on track at Osaka worlds". Stuff NZ. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  3. "Women's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.


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