Doug Kurtis (born March 12, 1952) is a retired

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runner who holds the world record for number of marathon victories (40) and the number of marathons run under the time of 2:20:00 (76).

Career

More than 15 of his marathon wins were large US marathons. His largest prize purse came from winning the 1993

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, where he won $15,000. He was the winner of the 1989

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and a top-3 finisher at many international marathons, including the

Montreal Marathon Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peak ...

Stockholm Marathon The Stockholm Marathon, known as the adidas Stockholm Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon arranged in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1979. It serves as the Swedish marathon championship race. At the 2009 Stockholm Marathon more tha ...

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, Toronto Marathon, and dozens of others. In 1984, he broke Greg Meyer's winning streak at the Amway River Bank Run. Among his career accomplishments are his domination of the Detroit Free Press Marathon (1987–1992), his three wins at the international Bangkok Marathon (1989-1991), his two wins at

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(1989, 1993), his 1994 win at the Austin Marathon, his 1988 win at the Penang Bridge International Marathon in

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, his five wins at the Seattle Marathon (1985–1990), and his 1990 win of the storied

Yonkers Marathon The Yonkers Marathon, is a marathon race held annually in Yonkers, New York. Founded in 1907, it is the second oldest marathon in the United States, after the Boston Marathon. It is held on the third Sunday in October. In addition to the marat ...

. Kurtis was also a top finisher at many world major marathons, including the 1992 Boston Marathon and the

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and 1989 Chicago Marathons. As of 2013, Kurtis had run more than 200 sub-3 marathons. Kurtis was also the former race director of the Detroit Free Press Marathon and The Detroit Turkey Trot Races. He is currently the race director for the Corktown St. Patrick Day Race in Detroit.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurtis, Doug 1952 births Living people Track and field athletes from Michigan American male marathon runners American male long-distance runners American people of Polish descent 20th-century American sportsmen