Ann Ford (née Yeoman; born 30 March 1952) is an English former middle and long-distance runner.
Biography Yeoman and her twin sister Paula Yeoman were born in Ealing in 1952. Ann finished third behind Inger Knutsson in the 3,000 metres event at the 1973 WAAA Championships.
Ann and her sister Paula finished 2nd and 3rd respectively behind Joyce Smith in the 3000 metres at the 1974 WAAA Championships.
Ann Yeoman married Bernard Ford during 1975 and competed under her married name thereafter.
She finished in the top ten at five IAAF World Cross Country Championships, including fourth-place finishes in 1974 and 1976. Ford 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.Ann Ford. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
In 1978, Ford won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the Commonwealth Games, in a race won by her twin sister Paula. At the 1988 London Marathon, she finished second to Ingrid Kristiansen, running a personal best time of 2:30:38, 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.
International competitions Representing / 1972International Cross Country ChampionshipsCambridge, United Kingdom11thSenior race16:491stSenior team22 pts1974World Cross Country ChampionshipsMonza, Italy4th4 km12:581stSenior team28 ptsEuropean ChampionshipsPrague, Czechoslovakia 7th3000 m9:06.891975World Cross Country ChampionshipsRabat, Morocco7th4.2 km14:034thSenior team64 pts1976World Cross Country ChampionshipsChepstow, United Kingdom4th4.8 km16.574thSenior team781977World Cross Country ChampionshipsDüsseldorf, Germany7th5.1 km17:475thSenior team118 pts1978Commonwealth GamesEdmonton, Canada3rd3000 m9:24.05European ChampionshipsPrague, Czechoslovakia9th3000 m8:53.081979World Cross Country ChampionshipsLimerick, Ireland9th5.0 km17:473rdSenior team68 pts1982World Cross Country ChampionshipsRome, Italy13th4.7 km15:023rdSenior team67 pts
Marathons 1985Columbus MarathonColumbus, United States2nd—2:36:151986London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom3rd—2:31:401988London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom2nd—2:30:38
National titles English Cross Country Championships Senior race: 1976British Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-09. AAA Marathon Championships Senior race: 1986, 1988British Road Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-09. England Athletics Championships 3000 m: 1972
See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (women)
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