Nancy Tinari (née Rooks, born 13 June 1959) is a Canadian former long-distance runner. She won the silver medal at the 1987 World 15 km Road Race Championships behind Ingrid Kristiansen. Her time of 48:53 still stands as the Canadian record. She also won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games, and represented Canada at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Tinari continued competing into her forties, including finishing second at the 2000 Canadian 10 km Road Race Championships aged 41 and winning the Canadian Masters Cross Country title in November 2008 aged 49.
Personal bests 10,000 metres – 32:14.05 (September 1988) 10 km road – 32:14 (April 1988) 15 km road – 48:53 (November 1987) Half-marathon – 72:50 (November 1991) Marathon – 2:40:50 (October 1983)
International competitions Representing 1978World Cross Country ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom38th4.73 km18:06Commonwealth GamesEdmonton, Canada5th3000m9:34.141980World Cross Country ChampionshipsParis, France17th4.82 km16:201982World Cross Country ChampionshipsRome, Italy38th4.6 km15:311983World Cross Country ChampionshipsGateshead, United Kingdom12th4.07 km14:09World 10 km Road Race ChampionshipsSan Diego, United States4th10 km32:571984World Cross Country ChampionshipsEast Rutherford, United States33rd5 km16:501986Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh, United Kingdom4th10,000m32:30.71World 15 km Road Race ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal8th15 km49:221987World Cross Country ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland32nd5.05 km17:42Pan American GamesIndianapolis, United States2nd10,000m33:02.41World ChampionshipsRome, Italy16th10,000m32:31.55World 15 km Road Race ChampionshipsMonte Carlo, Monaco2nd15 km48:531988World Cross Country ChampionshipsAuckland, New Zealand19th5.96 km19:57Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea13th10,000m32:14.05
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