Anne Audain, born in Auckland in 1955 and raised in Otahuhu, was one of the most versatile and successful runners New Zealand ever produced. She, Lorraine Moller and Allison Roe formed a trio of women who made the world sit up and take notice with their running exploits in the early 1980s.

As she discussed in her autobiography, Uncommon Heart, Audain was adopted as a baby and born with a bone deformity in both feet. Who'd have picked then that she would go on to become one of the world's great athletes?

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Anne's Games History