Marian Sutton

Marian Sutton
Personal information
Born	7 October 1963 (age 60); London
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb) (2000)
Sport
Event(s)	Marathon, Half marathon
Club	Westbury Harriers

Marian Rosemarie Sutton (born 7 October 1963) is an English long-distance runner. She won the Chicago Marathon twice and competed for Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics and several IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, placing eighth in marathon.

Sutton came to prominence as a marathon runner when she finished fifth in the 1995 Chicago Marathon. Then determined to qualify for the 1996 Summer Olympics she with coach Bud Baldaro scheduled training to cope with the heat expected in Atlanta.^[1] However, she was not selected for the British team with Karen MacLeod and Suzanne Rigg taking the final two places alongside Liz McColgan.^[2] This snub spurred Sutton on to win the Chicago Marathon in 1996 and completed the double win a year later. Sutton was selected for the 2000 Summer Olympics as the only Briton.^[3]

Competition Record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing United Kingdom
1992	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom	37th	Half marathon	1:13:09
1993	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Brussels, Belgium	19th	Half marathon	1:12:37
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	14th	Marathon	2:39:45
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	22nd	Marathon	2:40:34
1994	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Oslo, Norway	72nd	Half marathon	1:16:15
1995	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	5th	Marathon	2:32:36
1996	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	1st	Marathon	2:30:41
1997	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	1st	Marathon	2:29:03
1997	Fleet Half Marathon	Fleet, England	1st	Half marathon	1:12:35
1999	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Palermo, Italy	22nd	Half marathon	1:12:36
1999	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	7th	Marathon	2:28:42 (PB)
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	26th	Marathon	2:34:33
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	8th	Marathon	2:45:55
2002	Austin Marathon	Austin, Texas, United States	1st	Marathon	2:31:43
2002	Four Villages Half Marathon	Helsby, England	1st	Half marathon	1:13:08

References

^ K.C. Johnson (21 October 1996). "Sutton Avenges Her Olympic Snub". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ Mike Rowbottom (2 November 1996). "ATHLETICS: Sutton no longer running in the dark". The Independent. The Independent. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ Steve Smythe (2 August 2016). "Olympic history: Women's marathon". Athletics Weekly. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 December 2016.