Joanne

Dow

Events: Race Walk
Height: 5-8
Weight: 132
PRs: 10km Walk - 45:36.92 (1998); 20km Walk - 1:32:55 (2004)
Born: 1964, in Manchester, N.H.
Current Residence: Manchester, N.H.
High School: Trinity HS (N.H.) '82
College: New Hampshire '86
Coach: Rob Hopppler
Agent: Self
Club: adidas

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Trials champion; Three-time USA Outdoor champion ('98, '02, '06); Five-time USA Indoor champ ('99, '02, '03, '04, ‘06); 2008 USA Indoor runner-up; 2003 Pan Am bronze medalist

At age 44, Dow continues to be one of the top female race walkers in the U.S...won the USA Indoor and Outdoor titles in 2006, repeating a feat she accomplished in 2002...her 20 km time at Outdoors established a new U.S. record on the track (1:34:46.52)...ran track as a sprinter in her first two years of high school, but her primary sport was swimming...she swam freestyle for three years at New Hampshire, competing in the NCAA Division II nationals in the relay...Dow earned a degree in business management and she now teaches fitness classes and does personal training...in 1994, while teaching a fitness walking class, she met some members of the Northeast Walkers and became interested in race walking. At a clinic at Niagara Falls, walk expert Martin Rudow told her she had the potential to race with the best women if she decided to train...won her first national title four years later...says that race walking is ‘just a piece of my life...the priority is on being a wife and a mom.'...Married to Tim Dow; has two children: Hannah (born 1989) and Timmy (born 1992).

Competition Results:
2008: Olympic Trials champion (1:35:11)...USA Indoor runner-up (13:09.61)
2007: 1st at Chula Vista (1:34.21)...ranked #4 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:34.21.
2006: USA Outdoor champion (1:35:20)...1st at Hauppauge (1:34:47)...USA Indoor champion (12:45.05)...34th at IAAF World Race Walking Cup (1:36:14)...ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:34:47.
2005: 3rd at USA Outdoor Champs (1:37:14)1st at Hauppauge (1:37:04)ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FNbest of 1:37:04.
2004: USA Indoor 3,000m RW champion (12:36.76)...Olympic Trials 20 km racewalk runner-up (1:38:42)...1st at Chula Vista (1:32:55)...1st at Overland Park... ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:32:55 at the 20 km.