Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder
Grete Waitz
Waitz in New York City in 2010
Personal information
Born
(1953-10-01)1 October 1953 Oslo, Norway
Died
19 April 2011(2011-04-19) (aged 57) Oslo, Norway
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight
120 lb (54 kg)
Sport
Country
Norway
Sport
Sport of athletics
Event
Marathon
Medal record
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles
Marathon
World Championships
1983 Helsinki
Marathon
World Cross Country Championships
1978 Glasgow
women's race
1979 Limerick
women's race
1980 Paris
women's race
1981 Madrid
women's race
1983 Gateshead
women's race
1982 Rome
women's race
1984 East Rutherford
women's race
European Championships
1974 Rome
1500 m
1978 Prague
3000 m
IAAF World Cup
1977 Düsseldorf
3000 m
1979 Montreal
3000 m
Marathons
1978 New York City
Marathon
1979 New York City
Marathon
1980 New York City
Marathon
1982 New York City
Marathon
1983 New York City
Marathon
1983 London
Marathon
1984 New York City
Marathon
1985 New York City
Marathon
1986 New York City
Marathon
1986 London
Marathon
1988 New York City
Marathon
1988 Stockholm
Marathon
Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz won nine New York City Marathons, women's division, between 1978 and 1988, the highest number of victories in a single big city marathon in history. She won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a gold medal at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki. She was also a five-time winner of the World Cross Country Championships.[1][2][3]
Waitz four times set a world record in the marathon, twice at the 3000 metres, and she set world records at distances of 8 kilometers, 10 kilometers, 15 kilometers and 10 miles. She won 12 World Marathon Majors, the most for any runner, earning her a place in the Guinness World Records.[4] Her other marathon victories included winning the London Marathon in 1983 and 1986 and the Stockholm Marathon in 1988.
^"Grete Waitz – A Life in the Lead". nyrr.org. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^Turnbull, Simon (22 April 2023). "How marathon greats Waitz and Kristiansen made a name for themselves". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^Robbins, Liz; Weber, Bruce (19 April 2011). "Grete Waitz, Marathon Champion, Dies at 57". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference Guinness World Records 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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