Kerryn McCann，42，死于癌症

Kerryn McCann

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Kerryn McCann

McCann at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	2 May 1967 Bulli, Australia
Died	8 December 2008(aged 41) Coledale, Australia
Sport
Sport	Running
Medal record[hide] Competitor for  Australia Women'sathletics Chicago Marathon Bronze Chicago Marathon 2001 Marathon Commonwealth Games Gold Manchester 2002 Marathon Gold Melbourne 2006 Marathon

Kerryn McCann(2 May 1967 – 8 December 2008) was anAustralianathlete. She was best known for winning the marathon at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Contents  [hide]  1 Personal life 2 Athletics career 3 Achievements 4 Personal bests 5 References 6 External links

[edit]Personal life

McCann was born Kerryn Hindmarsh inBulli,New South Wales, in 1967.^[1]

In 1991 she married Greg McCann, asurferwho represented Australia twice in international competition, and was Australian champion in 1983. Their first son Benton, was born in 1996; daughter Josie was born in 2003.^[1]

In August 2007 it was announced that McCann, who was expecting her third child at the time, was being treated for breast cancer.^[2]She had surgery to remove the lump and was later induced, giving birth to son Cooper on 5 September 2007 (6 weeks premature).^[3]She then began a 20-week course of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Cooper spent several weeks in a neonatal ward, undergoing steroid treatment, to aid the growth of his lungs. “It was really hard seeing him with the tubes and drip and monitor - this tiny baby,” McCann said, two months after his birth.^[4][5]
However, by May 2008 the cancer had spread to her liver.^[6]McCann died at her home on 8 December 2008, surrounded by her family.^[7]

[edit]Athletics career

McCann had an early interest in athletics, winning the New South Wales primary schoolcross countrychampionship in 1979. However, McCann gave up competitive athletics until taking it up again near the end of high school, running her firstmarathonat the age of seventeen.^[8]At age 19 she ran the marathon at the Australian Championships, placing 3rd.^[1]

McCann won her first Australian championship events in 1988, placing first in the one mile race, and first in the marathon, having previously come third in the marathon in 1986. McCann has subsequently won Australian championships in cross country (1992 and 1999), 10,000 metres (in 2002) and again in the marathon in 1993.^[1]

At the1994 Commonwealth GamesinVictoria,Canada, McCann placed tenth in the marathon, and at the1996 Summer OlympicsinAtlanta,United States, she finished 28th.

McCann took a break from professional competition for the birth of her first son, returning in 1999. At the2000 Summer OlympicsinSydney, Australia, McCann finished eleventh in the marathon. On running into the packed Sydney Stadium the crowd erupted. Later in the year she placed fifth in theLondon Marathon, in a time of 2:25.59, her personal best and an Australian record. She achieved a seventh place in theNew York Marathonin 2002. McCann's best result in international competition came later in 2002 at the2002 Commonwealth GamesinManchester,United Kingdom, where she won gold ahead of fellow Australians, Krishna Stanton andJackie Gallagher.^[9]

McCann again took a break from competition for the birth of her daughter, before commencing training in late 2003 and returning to competition in 2004, competing in the2004 Summer OlympicsinAthens,Greece, finishing 31st in the marathon.

In 2005, she won the 14 kilometre,City to Surfin a time of 46 minutes 27 seconds.^[10]

At the2006 Commonwealth GamesinMelbourne, Australia, at the age of thirty-eight, McCann defended her Commonwealth title, winning gold in the marathon in a time of 2:30:54, just two seconds ahead ofKenyan, Hellen Cherono Koskei. The time was her second best result ever in marathons.^[11]The lead changed 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 theMelbourne Cricket Ground. McCann described the race as "probably the greatest victory I've ever had, or the greatest race I've ever run."^[12]

[edit]Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Australia
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	15th	2:36:29
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	28th	2:36:41
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	11th	2:28:37
2001	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	3rd	2:26:04
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	1st	2:30:05
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	31st	2:41:41
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	1st	2:30:54

[edit]Personal bests

• 5000 metres: 15:08.69 (2000 - Australian record)
• 10000 metres 31.55.94 (1999)
• Half marathon: 1:07.48 (2000 - Australian record)
• Marathon: 2:25.59 (2000)

[edit]References

1. ^ ^a b c d"Kerryn McCann". Athletics Australia Fanzone. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
2. ^"Marathon champ's cancer battle". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 August 2007.
3. ^"Boy for McCann, chemo next". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 September 2007.
4. ^"Kerryn McCann battles with motherhood and cancer". The Daily Telegraph. 30 October 2007.
5. ^Aussie Bub Blog, October 2007
6. ^"McCann faces new setback in cancer battle". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008
7. ^"Marathon runner McCann dies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
8. ^Kerryn McCann
9. ^Haughey, John (28 July 2002). "Marathon clean sweep for Aussies". BBC.
10. ^History of the City 2 Surf
11. ^"Final Women's Marathon". Melbourne 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
12. ^Harrison, Dan (19 March 2006). "McCann wins marathon". The Age.

[edit]External links

• Litsky, Frank (1 November 2002). "From Bulli to the Big Apple". New York Times.
• "Kerryn McCann: Marathon Mission". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 July 2004.
• "Kerryn McCann dies after cancer battle". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 8 December 2008.