(1957-05-16) May 16, 1957 (age 66) Cape Elizabeth, Maine, U.S.
Height
5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight
100 lb (45 kg)
Spouse
Scott Samuelson (m. September 1984)[citation needed]
Sport
Country
USA
Sport
Track and field athletics
Event(s)
3000 m, Marathon
College team
Bowdoin, North Carolina State
Club
Athletics West
Coached by
Bob Sevene
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
1984
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles
Marathon
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas
3,000 metres
Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1] She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985.[2][3] Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman at that race for 28 years.[4] She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.
JoanBenoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal...
introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles, US) and was won by JoanBenoit of the United States with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 52 seconds...
record was 2:22:43 set in the 1983 Boston Marathon by JoanBenoit. Later in 1985 she lost to Benoit in the Chicago Marathon, running 2:23:05 for second...
world record in the women's open race of 2:42:24, and eight years later, JoanBenoit beat a world record that had only been set the day before at the London...
Moscow. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, she was beaten in the marathon by JoanBenoit, placing second to take the silver medal. In the 1988 Summer Olympics...
Jr., Mia Hamm, Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, Jerry Rice, Nolan Ryan, JoanBenoit Samuelson, and Mike Schmidt. The campus was closed temporarily for deep...
marathon world record, yet it stood for only one day as it was beaten by JoanBenoit at the 1983 Boston Marathon. Around 60,000 people applied to enter the...
figurines of a pony-tailed girl running that were given as trophies to JoanBenoit Samuelson, Julie Brown, and Julie Isphording, the top three women marathoners...
America's Marathon/Chicago and opened up the way for appearance payments. JoanBenoit Samuelson described the Chicago Marathons of the mid-1980s as "The World's...
ice hockey, and goes running, with Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, and JoanBenoit vouching for Jackson's knowledge of their sports (Wayne Gretzky, when...
guiding Armstrong for the first 10 miles (16 km) of the race, while JoanBenoit Samuelson oversaw the next 10 miles (16 km), and Hicham El Guerrouj the...
Norway's Grete Waitz were all part of a phenomenon that culminated in JoanBenoit's 1984 Olympic Marathon victory, which itself inspired more women to run...
marathon also made its first appearance in these Games, with American JoanBenoit winning gold in 2:24:52, a time many thought was impossible for women...
Running legends Bill Rodgers and 1984 Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist JoanBenoit Samuelson also compete yearly. The run is primarily sponsored by the...
of The Blackstone Group John Studzinski (1978) Olympic gold medalist JoanBenoit Samuelson (1979) Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley (1979) Barron's editor-at-large...
Marathon with two friends. He assembled a pace team of Alberto Salazar, JoanBenoit Samuelson, and Hicham El Guerrouj to help him reach three hours. He finished...
record of 2:42:24 was set by Liane Winter of West Germany, and in 1983, JoanBenoit Samuelson of the United States ran a women's world record time of 2:22:43...
Olympians James Cracknell, Steve Batchelor, Tom McEwen, Iwan Thomas and JoanBenoit, who won the marathon event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles...
(1992–95) Brian Bark, baseball (1987–90) Aaron Bates, baseball (2005–06) JoanBenoit, cross country (1977–79) Simonas Bilis, swimming (2012–16) Andrew Brackman...
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