Robyn Meagher

{{short description|Canadian runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Robyn Meagher | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | birth_name = Robyn Adair Meagher | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=y|1967|06|17}} | birth_place = Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada | spouse = Jason Dorland (rower) | sport = Running | event = 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m | height = 1.67 m<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111438/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/robyn-meagher-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref> | weight = 54 kg | club = Island Pacific Racing Team | collegeteam = | education = University of Victoria | medaltemplates= }} '''Robyn Adair Meagher''' (born June 17, 1967) is a retired Canadian middle and long-distance runner.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> She represented her country at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three World Championships. In addition, she won a silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Meagher was inducted into the University of Victoria’s Sport Hall of Fame in 2007; and, inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.<ref name=HallFame>{{cite web|accessdate=14 May 2025|url=https://nsshf.com/inductee/robyn-meagher/ |title=Robyn Meagher|publisher=Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame}}</ref>

Meagher is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Health & Performance Coach<ref>[http://www.robynmeagher.com/ Official website]</ref> She is married to rower Jason Dorland.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=14 May 2025 |title=Biography: Robyn Meagher|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/36125|publisher=Olympedia.org }}</ref>

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}} |- |1984 |Pan American Junior Championships |Nassau, Bahamas |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |4:21.8 |- |rowspan=2|1989 |Jeux de la Francophonie |Casablanca, Morocco |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |4:13.71 |- |Universiade |Duisburg, West Germany |12th |1500 m |4:24.75 |- |rowspan=2|1990 |Commonwealth Games |Auckland, New Zealand |12th |1500 m |4:28.51 |- |Goodwill Games |Seattle, United States |6th |1500 m |4:13.74 |- |rowspan=2|1991 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |23rd (h) |1500 m |4:12.47 |- |29th (h) |3000 m |9:20.38 |- |1992 |Olympic Games |Barcelona, Spain |12th (h) |3000 m |8:49.72 |- |rowspan=3|1994 |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |7th |1500 m |4:13.91 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |3000 m |8:45.59 |- |World Cup |London, United Kingdom |bgcolor=silver|2nd |3000 m |9:05.81<ref>Representing the Americas</ref> |- |1996 |Olympic Games |Atlanta, United States |43rd (h) |5000 m |16:24.49 |- |1997 |World Championships |Athens, Greece |11th |1500 m |4:10.83 |- |1999 |World Championships |Seville, Spain |17th (h) |1500 m |4:06.88 |- |2001 |Jeux de la Francophonie |Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |6th |1500 m |4:19.52 |}

==Personal bests== '''Outdoor''' *800 metres – 2:05.02 (Richmond 1999) *1000 metres – 2:44.60 (Hamilton 1998) *1500 metres – 4:06.79 (Sherbrooke 1999) *Mile – 4:26.07 (Sheffield 1992) *3000 metres – 8:43.71 (Brussels 1992) *5000 metres – 15:21.15 (Turin 1992)

==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/113932 All-Athletics profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163139/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/113932 |date=2015-12-22 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meagher, Robyn}} Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Antigonish, Nova Scotia Category:Canadian women middle-distance runners Category:Canadian women long-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Category:Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Canadian Track and Field Championships winners Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen Category:Track and field athletes from Nova Scotia Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics