Charlene Rendina

Charlene Louise Rendina born Neighbour ( born December 18, 1947) is an Australian athlete, the 400 and 800 m was successful in the 1970s as a runner. She participated in two Olympic Games.

She is 1,62 m tall and weighed 54 kg in their active time.

Achievements

Charlene Rendina was initially 200 and 400 m, before additional specialized from 1970 to 400 m and from 1973 to the 800 - m- Distenz. She was twice win the national championship double.

In 1972, she represented her country at the Olympic Games in Munich at the 400 - m range. After they had remained in the lead ( first ), in the intermediate run ( first ) and the semi-final (third ) each under 52 seconds, confirming its brilliant form in the finals and was in 51.99 s sixth. The Australian 4x 400 meter relay, where she was the anchor leg, came in at number 6 ( 3:28,84 min)

The year 1973 brought her first podium at international events. In the Pacific Conference Games, which were held in Toronto, she won two silver medals:

• About 400 m in 52.9 s behind her compatriot Judy Canty ( gold in 52.9 s ) and
• About 800 m in 2:05,2 min behind the U.S. American Mary Decker ( gold in 2:05,1 min)

The following year (1974 ) she was able to celebrate their greatest successes at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. She won three medals:

• 800 m: Gold in 2:01,11 min before the New Zealander Sue Haden ( silver in 2:02,04 min)
• 400 m: bronze in 52.08 s after the starting of Canada Yvonne Saunders ( gold in 51.67 s ) and the British Verona Elder ( silver in 51.94 s )
• 4x400 m (with Charlene Rendina as first leg ): Silver in 3:30,7 min behind Great Britain ( gold in 3:29,2 min).

In 1976, their second participation in the Olympic Games. In Montreal, she started over 800 m and reached there to the semifinals, where they had to finish in fifth place in 2:00,29 min the competition. By this time she had come in the final to eighth and last place, as the first seven runners remained under the 2- minute limit. With the season in which they went into the race as a third runner, she came in excellent 3:25,56 min at number four.

In the following years their power curve went back. In the Commonwealth Games 1978 in Edmonton, she came over 800m in 2:04,82 min only in eighth place, just two seconds behind the victorious Judith Peckham born Canty. ( In the Australian 4x400 m relay team that won silver, it was not represented ). At the end of her career in 1979 she won the World Cup in Montreal in 2:02,62 minutes once a respectable fifth place.

Your personal bests:

• 400 m: 51.90 s ( run 1972)
• 800 m: 1:59,0 min ( run 1976). This period was until February 2008 Australian national record.