{{short description|Australian race walker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{infobox sportsperson |name = Kerry-Anne Saxby-Junna |image = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|2|df=y}} |birth_place = Young, New South Wales}}

'''Kerry-Anne Saxby-Junna''', born '''Kerry Saxby''' AM (born 2 June 1961) is an Australian retired race walker. She represented Australia 27 times in international competitions and set 32 world records or world bests. She won 27 Australian Championships and 13 individual international medals.<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Kerry Saxby|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2247b.htm|work=Australian Women's Register|access-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> She retired in 2001.<ref name=register/>

==Life== She was born in Young, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerry Saxby-Junna|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/kerry-saxby-junna-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/kerry-saxby-junna-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|work=Sports Reference|access-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> and grew up in Ballina, New South Wales.

==Recognition== *Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Athlete of the Year in 1986/87, 1987/1988, 1989 and in 2005 was inducted into the AIS 'Best of the Best'.<ref>[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/best_of_the_best Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117224704/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/best_of_the_best |date=2012-11-17}}</ref> * Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1992<ref name=honour>{{cite web|title=Kerry Saxby|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/|work=It's An Honour|access-date=8 April 2013|archive-date=4 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504050657/http://itsanhonour.gov.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Australian Sports Medal in 2000 * Centenary Medal in 2001 * Athletics Australia Hall of Fame in 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Freeman, Markov & Saxby-Junna inducted to Athletics Australia Hall of Fame|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/home/news/news/2013/april/untitled_176|work=Athletics Australia News, 5 April 2013|access-date=8 April 2013|archive-date=9 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409082502/http://www.athletics.com.au/home/news/news/2013/april/untitled_176|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{AUS}} |- |1985 |World Race Walking Cup |St John's, Isle of Man |10th |10&nbsp;km |- |1986 |Goodwill Games |Moscow, Soviet Union |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |10&nbsp;km |- |rowspan=2|1987 |World Race Walking Cup |New York City, United States |4th |10&nbsp;km |- |World Championships |Rome, Italy |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |10 km |- |rowspan=2|1989 |World Indoor Championships |Budapest, Hungary |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |3000 m |- |World Race Walking Cup |L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |10&nbsp;km |- |rowspan=2|1990 |Commonwealth Games |Auckland, New Zealand |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |10&nbsp;km |- |Goodwill Games |Seattle, United States |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |10,000 m |- |rowspan=3|1991 |World Indoor Championships |Seville, Spain |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |3000 m |- |World Race Walking Cup |San Jose, United States |5th |10&nbsp;km |- |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |5th |10&nbsp;km |- |1992 |Olympic Games |Barcelona, Spain |15th |10 km |- |rowspan=3|1993 |World Indoor Championships |Toronto, Canada |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |3000 m |- |World Race Walking Cup |Monterrey, Mexico |5th |10&nbsp;km |- |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |DNF |10&nbsp;km |- |1994 |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |10&nbsp;km |- |rowspan=2|1995 |World Race Walking Cup |Beijing, China |5th |10&nbsp;km |- |World Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |9th |10 km |- |1996 |Olympic Games |Atlanta, United States |12th |10 km |- |1998 |Commonwealth Games |Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd |10&nbsp;km |- |1999 |World Championships |Seville, Spain |bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd |20&nbsp;km |- |2000 |Olympic Games |Sydney, Australia |align="center" | 7th |20 km |- |2001 |World Championships |Edmonton, Canada |align="center" | DSQ |20 km |}

== Legacy == thumb|180px|Kerry Saxby Walkway There is a walkway in Ballina named for her which is called the "Kerry Saxby Walkway" which runs from Captain Cook Park to the end of North Wall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Riverfront pathway and parklands |url=https://issuu.com/ballinashirecouncil/docs/cc42/s/11987714 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=issuu}}</ref> In January 2021 Saxby-Junna was further honoured with an interpretive signage display, which serves as a rest stop on this walkway, this display is over two metres high and details her athletic achievements. Saxby-Junna was there for the unveiling by Ballina Mayor David Wright and it sits on the river bank near the Ballina War Memorial Pool.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lowe |first=David |date=18 January 2021 |title=Ballina's race walking champion honoured |work=The Echo |url=https://www.echo.net.au/2021/01/ballinas-race-walking-champion-honoured/}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * [http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete127.htm Kerry Saxby-Junna] at Australian Athletics Historical Results * {{AOC profile|kerry-saxby-junna}} * {{Olympics.com|kerry-saxby-junna}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|sa/kerry-saxby-junna-1}}

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