Leah Pells

{{short description|Canadian middle-distance runner}}

{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| full_name = Leah Marlee Pells

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|November 9, 1964}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia

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| height = 170 cm

| weight = 55 kg

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1999 Winnipeg | 1500 metres }}

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Leah Marlee Pells (born November 9, 1964, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada who competed in the middle distance events and was once ranked first in the world in the 1500 metres.Canoe.ca: {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120721024425/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesBiosN2Z/pells.html Leah Pells]}} Retrieved on 4 September 2009 She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics from 1992 to 2000. Pells finished fourth in the 1500 metre race in Atlanta. Pells won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

Pells published her autobiography Not About the Medal in 2012. In the book, she writes about being the daughter of an alcoholic, experiencing abuse and growing up impoverished.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/more/leah-pells-autobiography/|title=Pells chronicles triumph over adversity in book - Sportsnet.ca|website=www.sportsnet.ca|access-date=2019-03-31}}

Pells has one son and now works as a trained counsellor.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.bell.ca/running-towards-mental-wellness-leah-pells-story-2/|title=Bell Blog|last=Canada|first=Bell|website=blog.bell.ca|access-date=2019-03-31}}