Lisa Kehler
English race walker (born 1967)
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Lisa Martine Kehler (née Langford; born 15 March 1967) is an English retired race walker.
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1967 Wednesfield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | race walk | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, she competes for the Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club. Kehler competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in 1992 and 2000.[1]
She competed in five Commonwealth Games; she represented England and won a bronze medal in the 10 km event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] Four years later she represented England again in the 10 km event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[4][5] The third Games appearance was when she represented England in the 10 km event and she won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6][7] A fourth medal (silver) came at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and a fifth and final appearance ensued in 2010.[8]
She was twice British 10km walk champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1989 AAA Championships and 2000 AAA Championships and four-times British 5km walk champion in 1987, 1995, 2002[9] and 2003.[10][11]
