Nationality New Zealand Sport Racewalking | Name Lesley Cantwell | |
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Born 22 February 1987 Te Anau Died 2013, Papeete, French Polynesia | ||
Lesley Judith Cantwell (22 February 1987 – 7 June 2013) was a New Zealand racewalker. Cantwell won the gold medal in the women's 5000 m road walk at the 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships in Tahiti on 4 June 2013. While waiting for the medal ceremony, she felt unwell and collapsed. She was taken to a local hospital where she died three days later.
She died on 7 June 2013, aged 26, from a suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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