Krishna Stanton

{{short description|Australian long-distance runner}}

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Krishna Lee Stanton (née Wood; born 18 May 1966){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/krishna-stanton-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115557/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/krishna-stanton-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Krishna Stanton |access-date=25 July 2017}} is an Australian distance runner. She finished fourth in the 3000 metres at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships and went on to win the silver medal in the marathon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/athletics/newsid_2156000/2156982.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Marathon clean sweep for Aussies |date=28 July 2002 |access-date=25 July 2017}} She also competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1992/Athletics/Women_3000m.html |work=Todor 66 |title=Women 3000m Olympic Games Barcelona 1992 |access-date=25 July 2017}} A four-time Australian champion, she won the 3000 metres title in 1990 and 1993, the 15 km in 1990 and the marathon in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ausw.htm |work=GBR athletics |title=Australian Championships (Women) |access-date=25 July 2017}} In October 2022 Krishna broke the existing world record time for a Marathon in the women's 55 age group at the London Marathon. Krishna was the second woman to finish in the Sydney Half-Marathon in September 2023 in a time of 1:21:17.