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About Leah Pells
- Leah Marlee Pells (born November 9, 1964 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada who competed in the middle distance events and was once ranked first in the world in the 1500 metres.
- She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics from 1992 to 2000.
- Pells finished fourth in the 1500 metre race in Atlanta.
- Pells won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Pells published her autobiography Not About the Medal in 2012.
- In the book, she writes about being the daughter of an alcoholic, experiencing abuse and growing up impoverished.
- Pells has one son and now works as a trained counsellor.
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