Clarisse Rasoarizay (born September 27, 1971) is a long-distancerunner from Madagascar, who represented her native African country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She won the women's marathon at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria and the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie. September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Long distance in telecommunications, refers to telephone calls made outside a certain area, usually characterized by an area code outside of a local call area. ... A runner may be: In modern drug subcultures, a person who delivers drugs to one who is purchasing them, from the drug dealer. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... For other uses, see Athens (disambiguation). ... Although marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance track event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). ... The 8th All-Africa Games were played from October 5, 2003 to October 17, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. ... Categories: Africa geography stubs | Cities in Nigeria | Capitals in Africa ... The flag of the Francophonie Games The Jeux de la Francophonie (Francophone Games) are a combination artistic and sports events for French speaking nations, held every four years since 1989, partly as a counterweight to the Commonwealth Games. ...
Her personal best time in the marathon is 2:38:21 hours, achieved in September 2003 in Bambous.
Leservoisier took the gold medal by finishing the 42-kilometre run in two hours 44 seconds.
ClarisseRasoarizay of Madagascar won silver in 2:46:29 while Carson got the bronze medal in 2:50:02.
Elizabeth Ruel of Laval, Que., was fourth in 2:56:58 for the Canada-Quebec team, Elaine Coburn of Toronto was fifth in 3:02:52 and Janice McCaffrey of Calgary was sixth in 3:03:26.