# Lisa Corrigan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lisa_Corrigan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lisa_Corrigan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Corrigan > Source revision: 1317709118 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Australian middle-distance runner}} {{For|the academic|Lisa M. Corrigan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Lisa Corrigan | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = Ruby | nationality = {{AUS}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Blacktown](/source/Blacktown), [New South
Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.66|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|48|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | sport = [Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport)) | event = Middle distance running | collegeteam = | club = Weston Creek Athletics Club | team = | turnedpro = | coach = Dick Telford | retired = 2013 | coaching = | worlds = 1500m World Champs Semi Finalist 2007 1500m Finalist Commonwealth Games 2006 | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = 1500m Olympic Semi Finalist 2008 | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = '''800 m''': 2:01.59 (2007)
'''1500 m''': 4:05.25 (2007)
'''3000 m''': 9:00.34 (2006) One mile: 4.22.6 (Australian record). | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [athletics](/source/Track_and_field_athletics)}} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[Oceania Youth Championships](/source/Oceania_Youth_Athletics_Championships)}} {{MedalGold |[1999 Santa Rita](/source/1999_Oceania_Youth_Athletics_Championships) | 800 m}} {{MedalGold |[1999 Santa Rita](/source/1999_Oceania_Youth_Athletics_Championships) | 1500 m}} {{MedalSilver |[1999 Santa Rita](/source/1999_Oceania_Youth_Athletics_Championships) | 3000 m}} }} '''Lisa Corrigan''' (born 2 December 1984 in [Blacktown](/source/Blacktown), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales)) is an Australian middle-distance runner and the current Australian record holder over the one mile where she set a time of 4.22.6 in 2007.{{cite sports-reference|title = Lisa Corrigan|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/lisa-corrigan-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100955/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/lisa-corrigan-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 30 January 2013}} She set her personal best time of 4:05.25, by winning the women's [1500 metres](/source/1500_metres) at the Telstra Athletics Series in [Sydney](/source/Sydney).{{cite news|title=Crawford prowls, Steffensen, Ross and Corrigan smile in Sydney|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2007/february/sydney_telstraaseries_review_2|publisher=[Athletics Australia](/source/Athletics_Australia)|date=17 February 2007|accessdate=30 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Mike|title=Steffensen upsets Merritt in Sydney A-series opener|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/steffensen-upsets-merritt-in-sydney-a-series|work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph_(Sydney))|publisher=[IAAF](/source/IAAF)|date=16 February 2008|accessdate=30 January 2013}} She ran a personal best to beat Tamsyn Lewis over the 800m in 2007 in 2.01.5. She has represented Australia at the Oceania championships 1999, youth commonwealth games 2000, World youth championships 2001, Ekiden relays, '''Melbourne commonwealth Games 2006, world championships 2007 and Olympic Games 2008.''' Corrigan represented [Australia](/source/Australia) at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) in [Beijing](/source/Beijing), where she competed in the [1500 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_1500_metres). She ran in the second heat against ten other athletes, including Ukraine's [Iryna Lishchynska](/source/Iryna_Lishchynska), who eventually won the silver medal in the final. She finished the race in ninth place by twenty-seven hundredths of a second (0.27) behind United States' [Erin Donohue](/source/Erin_Donohue), outside her personal best time of 4:16.32. Corrigan has been Australian champion over 800m & 1500m numerous times in her career and has won many road running races in the process. Corrigan attempted to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games over the 5000m however she ruptured her achillies tendon and has battled this persistent Achilles injury which saw her retire from the sport in 2013.{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Round 1 – Heat 2 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW015900/index.html |publisher=[NBC Olympics](/source/NBC_Olympics) |accessdate=30 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821105428/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATW015900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }} Corrigan has since worked for in development Athletics NSW and been a PE teacher at various schools over the years. Her biggest achievement to date has been marrying her best friend Dean Sintonen and the birth of their first daughter, Harper. == Achievements == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- !bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{AUS}} |- |rowspan=3|1999 |[Oceania Youth Championships](/source/1999_Oceania_Youth_Athletics_Championships) |[Santa Rita](/source/Santa_Rita%2C_Guam), [Guam](/source/Guam) |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:20.01 |- |[Oceania Youth Championships](/source/1999_Oceania_Youth_Athletics_Championships) |[Santa Rita](/source/Santa_Rita%2C_Guam), [Guam](/source/Guam) |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |4:38.78 |- |[Oceania Youth Championships](/source/1999_Oceania_Youth_Athletics_Championships) |[Santa Rita](/source/Santa_Rita%2C_Guam), [Guam](/source/Guam) |bgcolor=silver|2nd |3000 m |10:29.63 |} 2000 Junior Commonwealth Games, 800m, Silver. 2001 World Youth Championships, 800m, 5th place 2006 Commonwealth Games, 1500m, Finalist 11th 2007 World Championships, 1500m, Semi Finalist, 8th 2008 Olympic Games, Semi Finalist, 9th ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *[http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/lisa-corrigan Profile – Australian Olympic Team] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120822121445/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=52634/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Corrigan, Lisa}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Australian women middle-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Australia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes from Sydney Category:ACT Academy of Sport alumni Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:20th-century Australian women Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales Category:Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lisa Corrigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Corrigan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Corrigan?action=history)). 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