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| Human Interest | |
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Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Asics West Track and Field Club: |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Touch football, travelling and spending time with her family. (Athlete 22/07/08) |
| Other sports | She has represented the western region of New South Wales in netball, swimming and touch football. (Athletics Australia 14/02/06) |
| Awards and honours | Received the Minister's Sports Award and Western Area Sportsperson of the Year Award in 1999. (Athletics Australia 07/08/07) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Dick Telford |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began the sport when she ran cross-country in primary school in 1995. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Student |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Ruby. (Athletics Australia 14/02/06) |
| Other information | MAJOR IMPROVEMENT In the Summer of 2004 she made major inroads into her personal best times. She improved her 1500m time by ten seconds, from four minutes twenty seconds, to four minutes ten seconds in that one season. By mid-2005 she had set her personal best time at 4:10.69. (Athletics Australia 14/02/06) EATING DISORDER Has spoken openly about overcoming an eating disorder on her way to becoming an elite athlete. She confessed she was on the verge of anorexia in 2006 when her weight dropped to 43kg. (IAAF 10/03/07)) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Canberra, ACT, AUS |
| Higher education | Physical Education - University of Canberra: Canberra, ACT, AUS |
General Interest | |
| Injuries | Was affected by illness at the 2007 Grand Prix meet in Lausanne in July 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald 07/08/07) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Breaking the Australian mile record, running in the Commonwealth Games and being selected in a World Championships team. (City News 01/08/07) |
| Most influential person in career | Herself, her coach, family and friends. (City News 01/08/07) |
| Ambitions | To race consistently well. (City News 01/08/07) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | ""What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." (Athlete 22/07/08) |