ELMORE Malindi

Canada
Athletics
13 Mar 1980
41
Female
KELOWNA, BC
 
Canada
KELOWNA, BC
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's Marathon 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sapporo Odori Park
Women's Marathon Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation1500m
2004Athens, GREHeats (4:09.81)

Gold Label Road Races
RankEventYearLocationResult
3Marathon2020Houston, TX, USA2:24:50


Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final
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Athlete, Business Owner, Coach
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French Literature, International Relations - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Husband Graham Hood, sons Charlie [2014] and Ollie [2018]
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English
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Okanagan Athletics Club [Kelowna, BC, CAN]
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Mike Van Tighem [personal], CAN; Graham Hood [husband], CAN
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Her husband Graham Hood represented Canada in the 1500m at the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Jun 2020; cbc.ca, 15 Jul 2019)
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She has also competed in triathlon at international level, including in Ironman Triathlon events. (malindielmore.com, 16 Jul 2019; triathlonmagazine.ca, 20 Jan 2020)
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A hamstring strain ruled her out of the 2019 Canadian Marathon Championships in Toronto, ON, Canada. (runningmagazine.ca, 20 Jan 2020)

She sustained a stress fracture in her foot that affected her between 2006 and 2008. (cbc.ca, 15 Jul 2019)
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She began focusing on athletics at age 12. (malindielmore.com, 16 Jul 2019)
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At first she only ran to stay fit for football, which she had hoped to play at university. "I was raised as a multi-sport athlete who participated in football, hockey, skiing, water skiing, running, hiking and almost anything else I could do. But running was my true love, and by 12 years old I decided it would be the sport that would take me to the Olympics." (Athletics Canada, 18 Jul 2004; malindielmore.com, 16 Jul 2019)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (malindielmore.com, 16 Jul 2019)
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She runs between 90 and 100 miles a week. (runningincanada.home.blog, 02 Oct 2019)
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"Train, race, repeat." (malindielmore.com, 16 Jul 2019)
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In 2017 she was inducted into the Central Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame in British Columbia, Canada. (globalnews.ca, 23 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
BREAK AND RETURN
She took a break from competitive athletics in 2012 and turned her focus to triathlon. After the birth of her second son in 2018, she resumed running with the intention of competing in the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "Running my first marathon brought an old flame back into my life - the pursuit of the 2020 Olympic Games. I realise I have a narrow window left to do some amazing things as an athlete in the sport as I will be 40 years old next year [2020], and my clock is ticking." (malindielmore.com, 16 Jul 2019)

OCCUPATION
She runs her own event management business, provides online coaching services, and coaches athletics at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, BC, Canada. She has also worked in Kelowna as a French and social studies teacher and as an architectural planner. (runningmagazine.ca, 30 Apr 2020; cbc.ca, 15 Jul 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2015)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing a bachelor's degree in international relations and French literature at Stanford University in the United States of America, she studied a master's degree in environmental design at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, between 2003 and 2006. She then studied a bachelor's degree in secondary school education and French at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, BC, Canada, from 2012 to 2013. (Athletics Canada, 18 Jul 2004; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2015)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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