- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2631
McCann, Kerryn
(1967 – 2008)- Born 2 May, 1967, Bulli New South Wales Australia
- Died 8 December, 2008, Wollongong New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete
Summary
Kerryn McCann won Commonwealth gold medals in the marathon at Melbourne in 2006 and Manchester in 2002. Her win in the 2006 games was extremely exciting with the lead changing six times in the final two kilometres of the race, before McCann pulled clear in the final two hundred metres around the athletics track inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. McCann described the race as “probably the greatest victory I’ve ever had, or the greatest race I’ve ever run’.
In August 2007, McCann was diagnosed with breast cancer and passed away in December of 2008.
Events
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2006 - 2006
Athletics – Marathon
Gold Medalist at Melbourne Commonwealth Games -
2002 - 2002
Athletics – Marathon
Gold Medalist at Manchester Commonwealth Games
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
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Resource
- Trove: McCann, Kerryn, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-710088
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Article
- McCann Wins Marathon, Harrison, Dan, 2006, http://www.theage.com.au/news/athletics/mccann-wins-marathon/2006/03/19/1142703195969.html
- Marathon runner McCann dies, 2008, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/08/2440215.htm
- Kerryn McCann Obituary, 2008, http://www.buzzle.com/articles/240128.html