Fiona Benson

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Fiona Benson
Personal information
Born (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 800 metres

Fiona Benson (born 25 May 1992) is a Canadian middle-distance runner.[1] She competed in the 800 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[2]

University

2011-15[3] at Trinity Western University[4]

2015

Benson began her season with a 10k on the road at Vancover Sun Run where she ran 35:49.[5] In April 2015, she had a personal best of 2:07. Benson started a string of personal best on May 30, 2015 at the 2015 Christie-Phoenix Insurance Victoria Run Series where she won in 2:01.58.[6] She then won the 2015 Victoria International Track Classic in a then personal best time of 2:01.02.[7] She ran the Canadian standard to compete at 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres where she again ran a personal best time of 1:59.59 in the 800 metres in the semi-finals to place 17th in the world.[8] She represents Athletics Canada.

PB

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