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Trinidad and Tobago long-distance runner
Tonya Nero
Tonya Nero at the 2012 World Half Marathon ChampionshipsTonya Nero at the 2012 World Half Marathon Championships
Personal information
Born (1988-11-27) 27 November 1988 (age 36)
Sport
CountryTrinidad and Tobago
EventLong-distance running

Tonya Nero (born 27 November 1988) is a Trinidad and Tobago long-distance runner. She holds national records in the 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon.

Nero was an All-American in the 10,000 m at the 2011 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the Wichita State Shockers track and field team.

She competed at the 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 editions of the World Half Marathon Championships. Her best finish was 27th at the 2012 edition in Kavarna, Bulgaria, when she set the Trinidad & Tobago national record with a time of 1:15:13.

In 2019, she competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She finished in 10th place with a time of 34:15.36.

Athletic career

Nero represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland in the women's 10,000 metres event, where she finished 12th out of 13 competitors. In 2016, she won the Run Barbados 10k event.

She competed in the World Half Marathon Championships for Trinidad & Tobago from 2012 to 2018.

She competed in the women's marathon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, finishing in 14th place.

References

  1. ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. "Hall of Fame Feature: Tonya Nero". Wichita State Athletics. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  3. "2012 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. "2014 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  5. "2016 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  6. "2018 World Half Marathon Championships results". World Athletics.
  7. ^ "Women's 10,000 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 16 Aug 2019.
  8. Huebsch, Tim (2016-12-04). "Fun in the sun at Run Barbados including remarkable 10K finish". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  9. ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

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