Sally Eastall

Sally Rose Eastall (born 5 January 1963) is an English former long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. She ran her best time for the marathon of 2:29:29 when winning the 1991 California International Marathon.[1][2]

Sally Eastall
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1963-01-05) 5 January 1963
Stowmarket, Suffolk
Sport
SportAthletics

Career

Born in Stowmarket, Suffolk, Eastall finished 11th at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. Three months later she ran her best-ever marathon time of 2:29:29 when winning the California International Marathon on 8 December 1991, to become only the eighth British woman to run a marathon in less than 2:30 (after Joyce Smith, Priscilla Welch, Sarah Rowell, Sally-Ann Hales, Veronique Marot, Paula Fudge and Liz McColgan). She went on to finish 13th at the 1992 Olympic Games.

She represented England in the marathon, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[3][4][5]

As of 2018, Eastall ranks 18th on the UK all-time list for the marathon.

Eastall is a vegan.[6]

International competitions

All results regarding the Marathon

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
1990 European Championships Split, SFR Yugoslavia 11th 2:41:37
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 11th 2:36:16
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 13th 2:41:20
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 13th 2:41:32
Other marathons[7]
1986 Taunton Marathon Taunton, United Kingdom 1st 2:54:18 (430 metres short)
1986 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 55th 2:59:23
1986 Montreal International Marathon Montreal, Canada 5th 2:54:07
1988 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 36th 2:54:16
1989 Košice Peace Marathon Košice, Czechoslovakia 4th 2:41:06
1989 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 29th 2:40:44
1990 Bermuda Marathon Hamilton, Bermuda 1st 2:42:47
1990 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 18th 2:34:31
1991 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 26th 2:36:19
1991 California International Marathon California, United States 1st 2:29:29
1992 Nagoya International Women's Marathon Nagoya, Japan 5th 2:33:36
1992 New York City Marathon New York, United States 7th 2:34:05
1994 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 5th 2:37:08
1996 Houston Marathon Houston, United States 12th 2:38:52
1996 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 14th 2:38:59
1999 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 20th 2:51:51

References
  1. "CIM History". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  2. Sally Eastall at World Athletics
  3. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. Shellard, Ann (2013). "Does being vegan affect your running performance?". The Guardian. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  7. "Sally Eastall". ARRS. Retrieved 2 December 2018.


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