Jane Furniss-Shields

Jane Elizabeth Shields (née Furniss, born 23 August 1960) is a female English former middle and long-distance runner who competed at two Olympic Games.

At the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, she won a team gold medal in 1986, team silver in 1984 and team bronze in 1982,¹ and had a best individual placing of fifth in 1984. She also finished seventh in the 3000 metres final at the 1983 World Championships,²

She represented Great Britain in the 3000 metres at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.³

She represented England in the 3,000 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.⁴⁵

Shields became the British 5,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1988 AAA Championships.⁶⁷

Two years later she represented England in the 10,000 metres event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.⁸⁹¹⁰

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
1981	World Cross Country Championships	Madrid, Spain	22nd	4.4 km	14:56
1982	World Cross Country Championships	Rome, Italy	16th	4.7 km	15:06
1983	World Cross Country Championships	Gateshead, United Kingdom	9th	4.1 km	14:27
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	3000 m	8:45.69
1984	World Cross Country Championships	New York, United States	5th	5.0 km	16:10
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	heats	3000 m	8:48.00
1986	World Cross Country Championships	Neuchâtel, Switzerland	34th	4.7 km	15:43
	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	7th	3000 m	9:13.65
1987	World Cross Country Championships	Warsaw, Poland	31st	5.1 km	17:41
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	26th (h)	10,000 m	32:46.07
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	8th	10,000 m	32:59.42

• 1500m – 4:11.51 (1983)
• Mile – 4:30.29 (1983)
• 3000 m – 8:45.69 (1983)
• 5000 m – 15:32.34 (1988)
• 10,000 m – 32:42.0 (1988)¹¹