Lisa Corrigan

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}

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| name = Lisa Corrigan

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| nationality = {{AUS}}

| residence =Canberra, ACT

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Blacktown, New South
Wales, Australia

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| weight = {{convert|48|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Middle distance running

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| club = Weston Creek Athletics Club

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| coach = Dick Telford

| retired =2013

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| worlds =1500m World Champs Semi Finalist 2007

1500m Finalist Commonwealth Games 2006

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| olympics =1500m Olympic Semi Finalist 2008

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| pb = 800 m: 2:01.59 (2007)
1500 m: 4:05.25 (2007)
3000 m: 9:00.34 (2006)

One mile: 4.22.6 (Australian record).

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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Oceania Youth Championships}}

{{MedalGold |1999 Santa Rita | 800 m}}

{{MedalGold |1999 Santa Rita | 1500 m}}

{{MedalSilver |1999 Santa Rita | 3000 m}}

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{{For|the academic|Lisa M. Corrigan}}

Lisa Corrigan (born 2 December 1984 in Blacktown, New South Wales) is an Australian middle-distance runner and the current Australian record holder over the one mile where she set a time of 4.22.6 in 2007.{{cite sports-reference|title = Lisa Corrigan|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/lisa-corrigan-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100955/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/lisa-corrigan-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 30 January 2013}} She set her personal best time of 4:05.25, by winning the women's 1500 metres at the Telstra Athletics Series in Sydney.{{cite news|title=Crawford prowls, Steffensen, Ross and Corrigan smile in Sydney|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2007/february/sydney_telstraaseries_review_2|publisher=Athletics Australia|date=17 February 2007|accessdate=30 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Mike|title=Steffensen upsets Merritt in Sydney A-series opener|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/steffensen-upsets-merritt-in-sydney-a-series|work=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=IAAF|date=16 February 2008|accessdate=30 January 2013}} She ran a personal best to beat Tamsyn Lewis over the 800m in 2007 in 2.01.5. She has represented Australia at the Oceania championships 1999, youth commonwealth games 2000, World youth championships 2001, Ekiden relays, Melbourne commonwealth Games 2006, world championships 2007 and Olympic Games 2008.

Corrigan represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the 1500 metres. She ran in the second heat against ten other athletes, including Ukraine's Iryna Lishchynska, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. She finished the race in ninth place by twenty-seven hundredths of a second (0.27) behind United States' Erin Donohue, outside her personal best time of 4:16.32.

Corrigan has been Australian champion over 800m & 1500m numerous times in her career and has won many road running races in the process. Corrigan attempted to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games over the 5000m however she ruptured her achillies tendon and has battled this persistent Achilles injury which saw her retire from the sport in 2013.{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Round 1 – Heat 2 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW015900/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=30 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821105428/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATW015900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}

Corrigan has since worked for in development Athletics NSW and been a PE teacher at various schools over the years. Her biggest achievement to date has been marrying her best friend Dean Sintonen and the birth of their first daughter, Harper.