Ruth Partridge
{{short description|English long-distance runner}}
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Ruth Pauline Partridge (née Smeeth; born 19 June 1960) is a female English retired long-distance runner.
Biography
Smeeth finished second/third behind Mary Stewart in the 1500 metres event at the 1979 WAAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19790729/495/0032 |title=Athletics Results |work=Sunday Express |date=29 July 1979 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 March 2025 }} and the following year finished 19th at the 1980 World Cross Country Championships, also winning a silver medal in the team competition.
At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, Smeeth represented England in the 3,000 metres event{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|website=Team England}} and finished 24th at the 1982 World Cross Country Championships, also winning a bronze medal in the team competition.
Smeeth finished 15th at the 1984 World Cross Country Championships, also winning a silver medal in the team competition and finished third behind Christine Benning in the 1500 metres event at the 1984 WAAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 March 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19840617/545/0031 |title=Plucky Win for Fatima |work=Sunday Express |date=17 June 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 March 2025}}
Smeeth married Richard Partridge in 1985 and competed under her married name thereafter.{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=276824297:2726&d=bmd_1740370513 |title=Marriages |website=Free BMD |access-date=14 March 2025 }} As Partridge, she finished 20th at the 1986 World Cross Country Championships, also winning a gold medal in the team competition.{{World Athletics|name=Ruth Partridge}}
Partridge also represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40506|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}} At the 1990 Commonwealth Games Partridge finished sixth in the 3000 metres.
Family
Her daughter is Current British Athlete Lily Partridge
References
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Category:English female long-distance runners
Category:British female long-distance runners
Category:English female cross country runners
Category:British female cross country runners
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games