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Wendy Alexis (born 25 March 1955) is a Canadian sprinter and former teacher. She currently resides in Ottawa.
Career
[edit]She began competing all the way from elementary school to high school level. She started pursuing running at the tender age of eight. During her teenage days, she participated in athletics events by representing provincial and junior national teams. She was also hoping to qualify for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich as she took part in Olympic trials in 1972.[1][2] Wendy was unable to continue her career in athletics due to persistent injuries she had sustained during the start of her career. Her Olympic dreams and hope of becoming an Olympian had abruptly ended due to a career threatening injury at the age of 19.[1][2] She was told to undergo a double-shin surgery that would forever prevent her from taking part in running events.[2] She had to move away from the athletics field at the age of 19. Her athletics career never really took off once she got married as she was tasked to take care of her children and her family.[1] After a long hiatus of roughly around 30 years, she made a comeback return to athletics especially in sprinting at the age of 50.[3]
She claimed world title at the 2024 World Masters Athletics Championships in the women's W65 age category after clocking at 14.46 seconds. She participated at the 2025 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships, where she broke the 200m world record for her age bracket among 70 year old athletes, twice in a day, initially clocking 30.68 seconds and she later bettered the timing with 30.33 seconds.[4][5][6] In June 2025, she set new world record in her age bracket of 70 years in the women's 100m event after finishing the race with a record time of 14.63 seconds.[7][8] However, her W70 100m world record was later surpassed by Chile's Sara Montecinos in November 2025. In September 2025, she shattered the world record in her age group classification (70 years age category) for the women's 100m event. During the 2026 Canadian Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships which was held in Toronto, she set a new world indoor record.[1]
In August 2026, Wendy amassed a new Canadian W70-74 100m record which helped her to claim the national title in the women's 200m in 31.11 seconds at the Canadian Masters Athletics Championships. Her achievement at the 2026 Canadian Masters Athletics Championships came amid pouring rain and extreme weather conditions.[9] In August 2026, she successfully defended her world championship title in the women's 100m event W70 age category at the World Masters Athletics Championships after clocking with a timing of 14.83 seconds.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Denver, Riley (2026-06-11). "Personal Best: Wendy Alexis". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
- 1 2 3 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/athletics/track/wendy-alexis-70-year-old-sprinter-1.7642592
- ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6916081
- ↑ Ormond, Cameron (2025-03-28). "70-year-old Canadian smashes 200m world record". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
- ↑ sportsottawa (2025-04-05). "Record-setting sprinter Wendy Alexis builds bridge over political divides with Canadian friendliness at world masters athletics championships in U.S." OttawaSportsPages.ca. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
- ↑ miles.rowat (2025-03-26). "Alexis Wins Gold, Maguire Adds Bronze at World Masters Indoor Championships - Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club". Retrieved 2026-08-31.
- ↑ Ormond, Cameron (2026-04-24). "Meet Canada's iconic 71-year-old sprint star". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
- ↑ Ormond, Cameron (2025-06-12). "Canadian sprinter becomes world's fastest 70-year-old". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
- ↑ West, Hayden (2026-08-04). "Wendy Alexis breaks Canadian W70 100m record". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
- ↑ West, Hayden (2026-08-26). "Canadian sprinter dominates at World Masters Athletics Championships". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-31.