Tina Poitras

Tina Poitras (born October 5, 1970 in Thompson, Manitoba) is a former race walker from Canada, who competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996. She set her personal best time of 44:32 in the women's 10 km event in 1997.

Poitras was given the Terry Fox Humanitarian award in 1992 in recognition of her 'social spirit, humanitarian and community service, while maintaining excellence in academic, amateur sport and physical well-being'.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Canada
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	16th	5000 m	25:09.73
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	7th	10 km	46:25
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	28th	10 km	47:22
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	21st	10 km	46:50
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	34th	10 km	48:24
1994	Jeux de la Francophonie	Bondoufle, France	6th	10,000 m	49:05.81
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	21st	10 km	45:02
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	25th	10 km	46:51

References

• Tina Poitras at World Athletics
• Profile
• Tina Poitras' website

External links

• Tina Poitras at Athletics Canada
• Tina Poitras at Team Canada
• Tina Poitras at Olympics.com
• Tina Poitras at Olympedia