Johanna Allston

Johanna "Hanny" Allston (born 12 February 1986) is an Australian orienteer.

Johanna Allston
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Aarhus Sprint
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Druskininkai Long
Silver medal – second place 2006 Druskininkai Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Tenero Middle
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kaohsiung Middle
Silver medal – second place 2009 Kaohsiung Sprint

Johanna Allston, or Hanny Allston as many know her, won the 2006 Junior World Orienteering Championships for the long distance event. She won by a near-record margin of 4 minutes and 38 seconds. She is the first Australian woman orienteer ever to win a gold medal at a World Championship level.[1]

When she won her gold medal it was her last year of eligibility to run in the Junior World Championships.

At the 2006 World Orienteering Championships she claimed gold in the Sprint event.[1] This is the best result by an Australian in the history of the event and she became the first person to win both Senior and Junior World Orienteering Championship titles in the same year.

Hanny currently resides in Hobart, Tasmania where she runs a retail outlet in the CBD selling outdoor sports equipment and life coaching services.

In early 2015, she won the Six Foot Track Marathon in a female course record of 3h 34m 50s.

See also

References
  1. World of O Runners – Hanny Allston (Retrieved on 29 June 2008 ) Archived 17 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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