Ngaire Drake

Ngaire Drake (born 11 May 1949) is a New Zealand former marathon runner, who came second at the 1981 London Marathon, and sixth at the 1985 New York City Marathon. She has also won the Hamilton, Canberra and Sydney Marathons, and the 1984 Avon International Marathon in Paris. She competed in the marathon event at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.

Ngaire Drake
Personal information
Born (1949-05-11) 11 May 1949
New Zealand
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Marathon
Major marathons
Silver medal – second place1981 LondonMarathon
Bronze medal – third place1986 NagoyaMarathon
Bronze medal – third place1986 TokyoMarathon

Career

In 1981, Drake came second at the inaugural London Marathon.[1] In 1982, she won the Hamilton Marathon.[2] She competed in the marathon event at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, finishing 24th.[3] That year, she also won the Canberra Marathon, in a time of 2:44:11.[4] She came seventh at the 1984 Avon International Marathon in Paris.[5] Drake won the Wang Australia marathon in Sydney, Australia in 1984 and 1985. She won the 1985 event by over two minutes, and was the first person to win the event twice.[6] She came sixth at the 1985 New York City Marathon,[7] and also came sixth in a 10 km race in San Diego, US.[8]

In 1986, Drake came third at the Nagoya International Women's Marathon, in a time of 2:38:46.[9] Drake won the 1986 Sydney Marathon in a time of 2:38:52,[10] and came third at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in a time of 2:38:08.[11] The same year, she won the Westfield Marathon for the third successive year.[12] In 1987, she won the Wellington Half-Marathon in a time of 1:15,[13] In 1988, she won the Australian Marathon Championships as a guest runner.[14] In 1989, she won the over-40s event at the Twin Cities Marathon, in a time of 2:41:25. She finished ninth overall.[15]

References
  1. Ngaire Drake at World Athletics
  2. "AIMS races and winners over 25 years" (PDF). Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. 2007. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. "New Zealand Athletes at Major Championships, 1983 - 2014" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. 2014. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. "Nike International / Avon Women's Marathon 1983". Aus Running. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. "Avon Women's Marathon". Vancouver Sun. 24 September 1984. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Marathon puts Wood into Games running". The Age. 10 June 1985. p. 27. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "N.Y. City Marathon Results". Hartford Courant. 28 October 1985. p. 102. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Holiday Bowheart Race". The Boston Globe. 2 December 1985. p. 42. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "East German wins marathon". Auburn Journal. 3 March 1986. p. 14. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Winners of AIMS events in 1986". Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  11. "Mota wins Tokyo Marathon". The Desert Sun. 17 November 1986. p. 29. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Bayi to lead strong field". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 May 1987. p. 40. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Three Decades On" (PDF). Wellington Marathon. 2016. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  14. "Australian Marathon Championships". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  15. "McCarthy is 14th in Twin Cities Marathon". St. Cloud Times. 9 October 1989. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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