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Marnie Ponton

Australian long-distance runner

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ96749431 ↗
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Marnie Ponton (born 16 March 1984) is an Australian long-distance runner. She competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She finished in 44th place.

In 2004, she won the gold medal in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2003–04 Australian Athletics Championships held in Sydney, Australia.

In 2018, she competed at the inaugural Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships.

In 2022, she won the Canberra Marathon.

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The public source identifies “Marnie Ponton” as australian long-distance runner. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Marnie, Ponton and Australian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2019, 2004, 2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984-03-16. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Marnie, Ponton and Australian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Marnie Ponton” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.