Ann Ford (athlete)

Ann Ford (née Yeoman; born 30 March 1952)[1] is an English former middle and long-distance runner. She finished in the top ten at five IAAF World Cross Country Championships, including fourth-place finishes in 1974 and 1976.[2] She also won a World Cross Country Championship team gold medal in 1974 and a bronze medal in 1979 and 1982. She was also a team winner at the International Cross Country Championships in 1972.[3]

Ann Ford
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  England
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place1974 MonzaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1979 LimerickTeam
Bronze medal – third place1982 RomeTeam
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1978 Edmonton3000 m

In 1978, she won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the Commonwealth Games, in a race won by her twin sister Paula Fudge.[4] At the 1988 London Marathon, she finished second to Ingrid Kristiansen,[5] running a personal best time of 2:30:38,[6] to earn selection for the Seoul Olympics. She withdrew from the Olympic team in August 1988 due to injury.

On the road running circuit, she was the 1986 winner of the Reading Half Marathon, the Fleet Half Marathon winner in 1985 and 1988, and won the Nottingham Half Marathon in 1993 and 1997.[3]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
1972 International Cross Country Championships Cambridge, United Kingdom 11th Senior race 16:49
1st Senior team 22 pts
1974 World Cross Country Championships Monza, Italy 4th 4 km 12:58
1st Senior team 28 pts
European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 7th 3000 m 9:06.89
1975 World Cross Country Championships Rabat, Morocco 7th 4.2 km 14:03
4th Senior team 64 pts
1976 World Cross Country Championships Chepstow, United Kingdom 4th 4.8 km 16.57
4th Senior team 78
1977 World Cross Country Championships Düsseldorf, Germany 7th 5.1 km 17:47
5th Senior team 118 pts
1978 Commonwealth Games Edmonton, Canada 3rd 3000 m 9:24.05
European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 9th 3000 m 8:53.08
1979 World Cross Country Championships Limerick, Ireland 9th 5.0 km 17:47
3rd Senior team 68 pts
1982 World Cross Country Championships Rome, Italy 13th 4.7 km 15:02
3rd Senior team 67 pts

Marathons
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1985 Columbus Marathon Columbus, United States 2nd — 2:36:15
1986 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 3rd — 2:31:40
1988 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 2nd — 2:30:38

National titles

See also

References
  1. "Ann Ford". IAAF site. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. "IAAF World Cross Country Championships". At the Champs. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Ann Ford. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  4. "Commonwealth Games medallists - Athletics (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  5. "1988 race report". London Marathon. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. "Ann Ford". Power of 10. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  7. British Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  8. British Road Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
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