{{short description|British long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Glynis Penny <br>née Goodburn | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|01|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = middle-distance | height = | weight = | club = Cambridge Harriers | pb = }} '''Glynis Carol Penny''' née '''Goodburn''' (born 28 January 1951) is a retired long-distance runner from England.
== Biography == Born Glynis Goodburn, she married Keith Penny in 1974 and competed under her married name thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=254120600:5072&d=bmd_1740370513 |title=Marriages |website=Free BMD |access-date=8 March 2025 }}</ref>
Penny finished second behind Penny Yule in the 1500 metres event at the 1976 WAAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19760822/558/0027 |title=Super Andrea Powers Home |work=Sunday Express |date=22 August 1976 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19760823/333/0011 |title=Athletics |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=23 August 1976 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 March 2025 }}</ref> and second behind Cherry Hanson at the 1978 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=8 March 2025 }}</ref>
Penny set her personal best (2:36:21) in the women's marathon on 17 April 1983, finishing in third place at the 1983 London Marathon.
Penny represented England marathon event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41467|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR}} and {{ENG}} |- |rowspan=3|1983 |Fleet Half Marathon |Fleet, Hampshire |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half Marathon |1:15:47 |- |London Marathon |London |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Marathon |2:36:21 (PB) |- |World Championships |Helsinki |— |Marathon |DNS |- |1985 |Stroud Half Marathon |Stroud, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half Marathon |1:13:52 |- |rowspan=5|1986 |London Marathon, |London |8th |Marathon |2:38:47 |- |Great North Run |Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |4th |Half Marathon |1:13:24 (PB) |- |Commonwealth Games |Edinburgh |9th |Marathon |2:38:47 |- |Berlin Marathon |Berlin, Germany |9th |MArathon |2:41:25 |- |Stroud Half Marathon |Stroud, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half Marathon |1:16:20 |- |1987 |London Marathon |London |14th |Marathon |2:38:23 |- |1988 |Vienna Marathon |Vienna, Austria |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:36:49 |- |1988 |Roma-Ostia Half Marathon |Rome, Italy |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half Marathon |1:15:02 |- |1989 |London Marathon |London |26th |Marathon |2:39:37 |- |1990 |Belgrade Marathon |Belgrade, Serbia |5th |Marathon |2:52:18 |- |1991 |Hastings Half Marathon |Hastings, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half Marathon |1:18:03 |}
== References == {{Reflist}} *[https://www.arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1983.htm ARRS] *[http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/windex.pdf gbrathletics]
==External links== *{{ARRS}} *{{World Athletics}} *{{Power of 10}}
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