Dayna Pidhoresky

Dayna Pidhoresky (born 18 November 1986) is a Canadian long-distance runner.[1][2] She competed in the women's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[3]

Dayna Pidhoresky
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1986-11-18) 18 November 1986
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportDistance running
Event(s)Half-marathon, marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)10 km: 33:20 (2018)
Half-Marathon: 1:12:38 (2018)
Marathon: 2:29:03 (2019)

On 20 October 2019, Pidhoresky won the Canadian Olympic Trials Marathon in a time of 2:29.03. Her performance secured her position for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Marathon representing Canada.[4] However, on the flight to Tokyo, Pidhoresky was seated next to a passenger who subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, and as a result was required to quarantine for fourteen days without access to training facilities. Despite this, she opted to compete, finishing the race in seventy-third and last place with a time of 3:03:10. She said that "a month ago, that would have been so disappointing because I had big goals, but as we approached the race I really had to alter my goals. I didn't think I was going to make it to the start line."[5]

Pidhoresky currently holds the women's record for the Vancouver Marathon with a time of 2:34:37, breaking the record she previously set in 2022 by three seconds.[6][7]

References
  1. "Dayna Pidhoresky". IAAF. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. "Dayna Pidhoresky". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. "Marathon women". IAAF. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. "Canadian marathoners Trevor Hofbauer, Dayna Pidhoresky are Olympic-bound". CBC. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. "She came in last place, but it's remarkable Canada's Dayna Pidhoresky finished her marathon". CBC Sports. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  6. "2023 | BMO Vancouver Marathon". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. "Records | RUNVAN®". Retrieved 28 May 2023.


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