Carol Montgomery

{{short description|Canadian triathlete}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=November 2018}} {{BLP one source|date=November 2018}} }} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = [[Triathlon]] |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|8|24}} | birth_place = [[Sechelt, British Columbia]], Canada | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[Triathlon]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[ITU Triathlon World Championships|ITU World Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver| [[1990 ITU Triathlon World Championships|1990 Orlando]] | Individual}} {{MedalSilver| [[2000 ITU Triathlon World Championships|2000 Perth]] | Individual}} {{MedalBronze| [[1996 ITU Triathlon World Championships|1996 Cleveland]] | Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|[[ITU Triathlon World Cup|ITU World Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver| [[1993 ITU Triathlon World Cup|1993]] | Overall}} {{MedalCompetition|[[ITU Duathlon World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold| 1993 Arlington | Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Triathlon at the 1999 Pan American Games|Individual]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalGold| [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Triathlon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Individual]]}} }}

'''Carol Montgomery''' (born August 24, 1965) is an Olympic athlete from [[Canada]] who competed in [[triathlon]] and athletics. She won a bronze medal at the [[1999 Pan American Games]] in [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada,<ref name=ITU>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091711/http://www2.triathlon.org/profiles/prof-elite-women/carol-montgomery-can.htm ITU athlete profile Carol Montgomery] at International Triathlon Union website, archived from [http://www2.triathlon.org/profiles/prof-elite-women/carol-montgomery-can.htm the original] September 29, 2007.</ref> and a bronze and a silver at the 1995 Mar del Plata Pan American Games in the 5,000m and 10,000m respectively.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} She was the World Duathlon Champion in 1993.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} Once won, she never competed in another duathlon event.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} She won the gold medal in the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in Manchester<ref name=ITU/> and often refers to this race as the highlight of her career. She did race in high school but only in grades 8 to 10 before, returning to running while at [[Simon Fraser University]] in 1986, where she honed her running capabilities before embarking on her triathlon career.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

Montgomery considered her triathlon career as a full-time "job", and thus competed in very few track races. She competed only once at 1,500m, six times at the 3,000m, six times at the 5,000m, and completed just nine 10,000m events.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

She competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. She did not finish the competition due to a crash on the bike leg. She was also selected to compete in the 10,000 meters on the track, but had to withdraw due to injury sustained in the triathlon crash.<ref name=ITU/>

Four years later, at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], Montgomery finished in 35th place with a time of 2:15:25.62.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

==Personal records== 10000m - 32:11.19<br> 5000m - 15:36.27<br> 3000m - 9:04<br> 1500m - 4:18

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Triathlon}} * {{World Athletics}} * {{COC profile|carol-montgomery}} * {{Olympics.com profile|carol-montgomery}} * {{Olympedia}}

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