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Lisa Martin (Lisa Frances O'Dea) was born on 12 May, 1960 in Gawler, South Australia, Australia, is an Australian long-distance runner. Discover Lisa Martin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

Popular As Lisa Frances O'Dea
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Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 12 May 1960
Birthday 12 May
Birthplace Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Who Is Lisa Martin's Husband?

Her husband is Yobes Ondieki (m. 1990)

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Lisa Martin Net Worth

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1960

Lisa Frances Ondieki (née O'Dea, formerly Martin; born 12 May 1960) is an Australian former long-distance runner.

1983

Initially reluctant to take up the marathon, she won her first marathon competition, the Rocket City marathon in Huntsville USA in 1983, taking almost five minutes off the Australian record with her time of 2:32:22.

1984

In 1984, as Lisa Martin, she finished seventh in the inaugural women's Olympic marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Her time of 2:29:03 was the first of her eleven sub 2:30 marathons.

Three months later, she finished second in the Chicago Marathon, with a new personal best time of 2:27:40.

1985

At the 1985 Pittsburgh Marathon, she competed alongside her husband at the time, American distance runner Ken Martin; they became the fastest married couple ever in a marathon winning the men's and women's races in 2:12:57 and 2:31:54 respectively.

Later that year, she finished second behind Grete Waitz in the New York City Marathon.

1986

She won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in a personal best of 2:26:07, with New Zealand's Lorraine Moller in second.

A month later, she won the first of her three Great North Run Half Marathon titles in a personal best of 69:45.

She ended the 1986 season by again finishing second to Waitz in the New York Marathon.

1987

She finished second in the 1987 Osaka marathon, behind Moller, then failed to finish the 1987 World Championship marathon in Rome.

1988

In the marathon, she won the 1988 Olympic silver medal and two Commonwealth Games gold medals.

Other marathon victories included the 1988 Osaka International Ladies Marathon and the 1992 New York City Marathon.

She also won the Great North Run Half Marathon three times.

Her best time for the marathon of 2:23:51, set in 1988, made her the fourth-fastest female marathon runner in history at the time.

Lisa O'Dea was born in Gawler, South Australia.

She attended Gawler High School.

She was originally a 400 m hurdler.

In 1988, she ran her fastest ever marathon, when winning in Osaka with a time of 2:23:51, which at the time made her the fourth-fastest woman marathon runner in history, behind Ingrid Kristiansen, Joan Benoit and Rosa Mota.

Later that year, she won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in 2:25:53, 13 seconds behind Mota.

1990

In January 1990, she retained her Commonwealth marathon title at the Auckland Games.

In a solo performance, she finished over seven minutes ahead of silver medallist Australian team-mate Tani Ruckle.

Divorced from Martin, she married Kenyan distance runner Yobes Ondieki in 1990 and missed the rest of that season due to pregnancy, giving birth to their daughter in November 1990.

1991

In 1991, she achieved her third top three finish at the New York Marathon, finishing third in a race won by Scotland's Liz McColgan.

1992

In January 1992, she finished second in the Tokyo Half Marathon, running a lifetime best of 68:33, in a race won by McColgan in 67:11.

In June, she ran her lifetime best 10,000 metres, running 31:11.72 in Helsinki.

This time was the second fastest in the world in 1992, with only Olympic champion Derartu Tulu going faster (31:06).

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she failed to finish the marathon, having been one of the gold medal favourites.

Three months later, she recovered to win the New York City Marathon, setting a course record of 2:24:40 that would last for nine years.

1993

In 1993, she competed in the London Marathon for the first time.

In a heavily hyped head-to head with Liz McColgan, they both lost out to Germany's Katrin Dorre, with Ondieki second and McColgan third.

1994

In 1994, she again finished second to Dorre in London.

1996

In 1996, now divorced from Ondieki, she ran her fastest marathon time for three years with 2:30:57 in Osaka, to earn selection for her fourth and final Olympics.

At the 1996 Atlanta Games, she failed to finish.

1997

Martin was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1997.

2000

In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.

2014

Her time of 2:25:28 remains a Games record (as of 2014).

In 2014, she was inducted into the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame.