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The 2001 Boston Marathon was the 105th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 16. The elite men's race was won by South Korea's Lee Bong-ju in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Catherine Ndereba in 2:23:53. A total of 13,395 people finished the race, 8586 men and 4809 women. Results Men Women References Results Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-13. External links Boston Athletic Association website {{2001 in athletics Boston Marathon Boston Boston Marathon Marathon Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Ndereba
Catherine Nyambura Ndereba (born 21 July 1972) is a Kenyan marathon runner. She has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008. She is also a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon. Ndereba broke the women's marathon world record in 2001, running 2:18:47 at the Chicago Marathon. In 2008, Ndereba was described by ''Chicago Tribune'' sportswriter Philip Hersh as the greatest women's marathoner of all time. Career Ndereba is from Gatunganga in Nyeri District, and went to Ngorano Secondary School where she pursued her running career. In 1994, she was recruited into its athletics program by the Kenya Prisons Service. Ndereba was awarded the 2004 and 2005 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year awards. She was awarded the Order of the Golden Warrior by President Mwai Kibaki in 2005.''Daily Nation'', Lifestyle Magazine, 15 November 2008 Fitting tribute to Marathon Queen/ref> Ndereba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Tanui
Moses Tanui (born 20 August 1965 in Sugoi Nandi District, Kenya) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. Biography At the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart he finished second after a controversial incident on the final lap in which he lost one shoe after the eventual winner Haile Gebrselassie had stepped repeatedly, lap after lap as a race video reveals, upon Tanui's heels. He also won the 100th Boston Marathon in 1996 as well as the 102nd Boston Marathon in 1998. Tanui won IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1995 and silver in the 1997 competition. He was the first athlete to run a half marathon in less than one hour by running 59:47 in Milan on 3 April 1993. His record was broken five years later by fellow Kenyan Paul Tergat. At the Chicago Marathon in 1999, Tanui helped spur Khalid Khannouchi to a new world record, eventually finishing 2nd in 2:06:16, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albina Gallyamova
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Kaori Tanabe
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Bruna Genovese
Bruna Genovese (born 24 September 1976 in Montebelluna) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race. Biography Genovese won the Italian under 21 half-marathon championship in 1998. She ran her first marathon on 24 October 1999 in Venice, and won the 2004 Tokyo International Marathon with Kiyoko Shimahara finishing second and Elfenesh Alemu third. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise Personal bests *10,000 metres - 33:36.03 min (2005) *Half marathon - 1:11:22 hrs (2005) *Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair di ... - 2:25:28 hrs (2006) See also * Italian all-time lists - Half marathon * Italian all-time lists - Marathon References External links * Bruna Genoveseat Marathoninfo {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wei Yanan
Wei Yanan (Chinese language, Chinese: 魏亚楠 ; born 6 December 1981 in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province) is a PR China, Chinese marathon runner. She won the Beijing Marathon at the age of eighteen and has won marathons in Seoul International Marathon, Seoul, Shanghai Marathon, Shanghai and Dalian Marathon, Dalian. Wei won the 2002 Beijing Marathon in a record time, but was disqualified after failing a drugs test and was banned from the sport for two years. Her personal best time for the marathon is 2:23:12 hours, while her 10 km road best of 31:49 minutes is a List of Chinese records in athletics, Chinese record. She represented China at the 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. She has won medals at the 2001 East Asian Games and the 2011 Military World Games. Career Born in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province,Turner, Chris (2008-12-01)Asfaw, 2:09 and Timofeyeva, 2:26, secure Shanghai Marathon titles IAAF/Xinhua. Retrieved on 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Petrova
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Petrova (russian: Людмила Николаевна Петрова; born 7 October 1968) is a Russian long-distance runner, who represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004. She won the 2000 edition of the New York City Marathon. Biography She was born in Karakly and represents the club Novocheboksary Profsoyuzy. On the track the finished tenth in the 3000 metres at the 1996 European Indoor Championships, fourteenth in the 10,000 metres at the 1996 Olympic Games and sixth at the 2001 World Championships. She became Russian 10,000 metres champion in 1996, and indoor 3000 metres champion in the same year. Her personal best times were 8.59.15 minutes in the 3000 metres (indoor), achieved at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in Stockholm; 15.20.44 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 1996 in Saint Petersburg; and 31:36.76 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in May 2003 in Palo Alto. She has specialized in road runnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Timofeyeva
Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva (russian: Ирина Николаевна Тимофеева; born 5 April 1970) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon. She won the Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the Paris Marathon in 2006. She ran for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing seventh in the marathon race. She won the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in 2009. She was banned from the sport for two years, starting 6 September 2016, due to abnormalities in her biological passport. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-10-01. International competitions Professional marathons See also * |
Fatuma Roba
Fatuma Roba ( am, ፋጡማ ሮባ; born 18 December 1973) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for being the first African woman to win a gold medal in the women's Olympic marathon race at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and for winning three successive Boston Marathons. Early life Fatuma Roba was born on 18 December 1973 in Bekoji, Ethiopia. As Fatuma grew up, there were no female role models in long distance running within Ethiopia, only Abebe Bikila. While Fatuma was at school, she was not encouraged to run but decided to continue regardless. She was coached by Sentayehu Eshetu, who had previously worked with athletes such as Derartu Tulu. Running career She made her first national team in 1988, in the half marathon. That year she was in the top ten in the world championships, by 1992 she had improved to sixth. After coming first in the juniors and seventh overall in the New York Mini Marathon, she decided to try a full length marathon. So in 1994, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lornah Kiplagat
Lornah Kiplagat (born 1 May 1974) is a Dutch professional long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlands since.Lornah @ Lornah.com http://Lornahsports.com , ''lornah.com'' She used to run not only road events but also in cross country and track and field. She ran at the , and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyubov Morgunova
Lyubov Vasilyevna Morgunova (russian: Любовь Васильевна Моргунова; born 14 January 1971 in Tatarstan) is a long-distance runner from Russia. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ..., finishing in 23rd place. Morgunova set her personal best in the same year, clocking 2:26:33. International competitions Professional marathons References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgunova, Lyubov 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Tatarstan Russian female long-distance runners Russian female marathon runners Olympic female marathon runners Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Małgorzata Sobańska
Małgorzata Sobańska-Mańkowska (born April 25, 1969, in Poznań, Wielkopolskie) is a retired female long-distance runner from Poland. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...: in 1996 and 2004. Achievements Personal bests *10,000 metres – 33:52.03 (2004) *Half marathon – 1:11:47 hrs (2008) *Marathon – 2:26:08 hrs (2001) External links * * marathoninfo 1969 births Living people Polish female long-distance runners Polish female marathon runners London Marathon female winners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Poznań Athletes from Greater Poland Voiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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