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Lesley Cantwell

Lesley Cantwell

New Zealand racewalker

Lesley Judith Cantwell (22 February 1987[1] – 7 June 2013) was a New Zealand racewalker. Cantwell won the gold medal in the women's 5000 m road walk at the 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships in Tahiti on 4 June 2013. While waiting for the medal ceremony, she felt unwell and collapsed. She was taken to a local hospital where she died three days later.[2][3]

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She died on 7 June 2013, aged 26, from a suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Lesley Cantwell Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine profile at all-athletics.com. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Kiwi athlete Cantwell dies in Tahitian hospital". Stuff.co.nz. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Race walker Cantwell dies in Tahiti". TVNZ. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.


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