Eleanor Adams-Robinson
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| Birth name | Eleanor Puckrin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1982–1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 129 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Ultramarathon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ripley | ||||||||||||||||||
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Eleanor Robinson (formerly Adams, née Puckrin 20 November 1947) is a British former ultramarathon runner and two-time winner of the IAU 100km World Championships. She was the first woman to run over 150 miles in a 24-hour endurance race. She was the winner of the first Badwater Ultramarathon in 1987. She was twice bronze medallist at the IAU 100 km European Championships (1992, 1993).
Eleanor Robinson, née Puckrin, was brought up in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, the sister of Arthur, Richard and Philip. All of them were keen athletes. Arthur, the eldest, at the age of 69 broke the over 50s world record for the Tetra-Ironman in Virginia in October 2007.
Eleanor Robinson's ultramarathon career arguably began when she witnessed Ros Paul, a fellow Briton, set a record of 216.648 kilometres (134.619 mi) for 24 hours on the first day of a 6-day race in 1982. This was the first year that British women had run a track ultra and on that first occasion, Lynn Fitzgerald had beaten Ros Paul, setting world bests at 50 miles, 100 km and for 24 hours. It wasn't until 1985, however, that Robinson took on the 24-hour race at an event in Nottingham, where she broke the record with a distance of 222.8 kilometres (138.4 mi).
In the meantime, Robinson took part in the inaugural Spartathlon in 1983. The race covers the 250 km route that the Athenian messenger Pheidippides took in 490BC running from Athens to Sparta to get help against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. While Yiannis Kouros won the race, Robinson was the first woman to cross the line, in 32:37:52.
The Road Runners Club of America's 1984 National 50-mile and 100 km championships were held on 14 October at Lincoln Park in Chicago. Robinson took the 50-mile women's title in 6:19:25 and went on to win the 100 km in 8:11:37.
At the 1984 New York 6-Day Race, Robinson was up against Donna Hudson, who had just set a new 100-mile world record. Robinson took the lead from the start but was pursued closely by Hudson, who set a new American 48-hour record of 169 miles. Robinson went on to win, setting a world record of 739.36 kilometres (459.42 mi). For the next five or so years, Hudson and Robinson would proceed to battle it out over many races, mostly in Australia. Robinson won all of these challenges but Hudson frequently came second, breaking several American records along the way.
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