Sasha Gollish (born December 27, 1981) is a Canadian competitive runner. She won a gold medal in the half-marathon at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, a bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2015 Pan American Games, and gold medals at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in the 800m, 1,500m, and 5,000m events. She won the 2016 Canadian women's 10K Cross Country Championship, the 2017 women's 8K North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross-Country Championship, and the 2018 Canadian Half Marathon National Championship. In 2022, Gollish set a new women’s 40+ indoor mile world record, and that same year she won the gold medal at the 2022 NACAC Half Marathon Championships Early and personal life Gollish was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Dr. Jeffrey Gollish and Dr. Patricia Houston. She has two younger siblings, Tara and Joey. For high school Gollish attended York Mills Collegiate Institute. She has a B.A. in Economics (University of Toronto), a Bachelor of Engineering (University of Western Ontario), a Masters of Engineering (U of T), and a PhD in Civil Engineering Education (U of T), in studying for which she researched the best way to teach engineering students to use math. She works as an engineering consultant. Gollish is a civil engineer, with a focus on road safety. She is also a competitive cyclist, duathlete, triathlete, and ultimate frisbee player. Running career 2010-15 Gollish began running seriously at 30 years of age. She has run for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. She won the half-marathon at the 2013 Maccabiah Games. Gollish won the 2013 Sporting Life 10K in Toronto with a time of 35:58. Gollish finished fifth in the 1500m at the 2014 Canadian Track and Field Championships. She won the Sporting Life 10K in Toronto with a time of 34:19. At the 2015 Pan American Games, competing for Team Canada, Gollish won a bronze medal in the Women's 1500m with a time of 4:10.11. She was named 2015 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Female Athlete of the Year (track events) for her performance at the CIS Championships, winning three gold medals in the 1000m, 3000m, and 4 × 800 m relay events and two silver medals in the 600m and 1500m events, the most individual medals ever won by a distance athlete. She was also named MVP of the 2015 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships after winning three individual