Cassie Fien
{{short description|Australian long-distance runner}}
{{Distinguish|Casey Fien}}
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Cassie Fien (born 15 September 1985) is an Australian marathon runner.
Running career
She was a three-time competitor at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/cassie-fien-250101 |title=Cassie Fien | Profile |publisher=iaaf.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-27}}
She finished 12th at the 2015 New York City Marathon.{{cite web|author=Sarah Barker |url=http://fittish.deadspin.com/one-mystery-and-four-other-good-stories-from-the-new-yo-1739958327 |title=One Mystery And Four Other Good Stories From The New York City Marathon |publisher=Fittish.deadspin.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-28}}
In 2016, Fien won the Oceania Half Marathon Championships after two previous runner-up finishes.{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/gold-coast-marathon-mungara-horie |title=Mungara leaves it late to retain title at Gold Coast Marathon| News |publisher=iaaf.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-27}} The 2016 race was the half marathon featured along with the Gold Coast Marathon.{{cite web|author=Runnerstribe Admin |url=http://www.runnerstribe.com/australians-duer-yoa-and-cassie-fien-claim-fast-victories-in-the-asics-half-marathon/ |title=Australians Duer Yoa and Cassie Fien claim fast victories in the ASICS Half Marathon |publisher=Runnerstribe |date= 3 July 2016|accessdate=2016-09-27}}
She finished 8th at the 2016 Berlin Marathon.{{cite web|url=http://results.scc-events.com/2016/?content=detail&fpid=list&pid=list&idp=00001705C9AF4A0000412FA7&lang=EN&event=MAL_99999905C9AF3F0000000945&search%5Bsex%5D=W&search_event=MAL_99999905C9AF3F0000000945 |title=43. BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2016 |publisher=Results.scc-events.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-27}}
Fien is a two-time winner of Sydney's City2Surf.{{cite web|author=NSW |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/city2surf-2016-winners-harry-summers-and-cassie-fien-take-line-honours-20160814-gqs75s.html |title=City2Surf 2016 winners: Harry Summers and Cassie Fien take line honours |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=2016-08-14 |accessdate=2016-09-27}}
She is also a three-time winner of the Bridge to Brisbane.{{cite web|url=https://socialfeed.info/cassie-fien-won-her-third-bridge-to-brisbane-with-a-time-of-3393356 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002021309/https://socialfeed.info/cassie-fien-won-her-third-bridge-to-brisbane-with-a-time-of-3393356 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2 October 2016 |title=Cassie Fien won her third Bridge to Brisbane with a time of |publisher=Socialfeed.info |date= |accessdate=2016-09-28}}
9-month ban after positive test for banned substance
On 7 February 2018, Cassie Fien accepted a nine-month ban and waived a hearing after testing positive for the banned substance Higenamine. Fien tested positive in an out-of-competition test in April 2017. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) said Higenamine was increasingly being found in dietary supplements, though often listed under different names. Fien's ban, imposed by Athletics Australia, was backdated to 9 August 2017, and will conclude on 9 May. The ASADA said in a statement: "Ms. Fien’s sanction was reduced to nine months on the basis of her degree of fault and the fact that the supplement, ‘Liporush’, was a contaminated product."{{cite web|url=https://www.apnews.com/716989394bca4dc89618ee41755e7a1a/Australian-marathoner-accepts-9-months-doping-ban|title=Australian marathoner accepts 9 months doping ban|website=apnews.com|date=7 February 2018 |accessdate=8 February 2018}}
Military career
Fien is an enlisted training instructor with the RAAF.{{cite news
|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/more-sports/former-raaf-physical-training-instructor-cassie-fien-one-step-closer-to-rio-olympics/news-story/7fe6ae9b3ca09e779c68355ebf420d83?nk=b462cbab64d8b91c193f6cb4e0689794-1522887619 | title=RAAF physical training instructor Cassie Fien one step closer to Rio Olympics | first=Valkerie | last=Baynes | newspaper=The Courier-Mail | date=21 November 2015 | accessdate=4 April 2018 }}{{cite web |url=http://irun.org.au/News/treadmill-to-success |title=Treadmill to success |publisher=Irun.org.au |date= |accessdate=2016-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002013354/http://irun.org.au/News/treadmill-to-success |archive-date=2 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Australian female long-distance runners
Category:Australian female marathon runners
Category:20th-century Australian women