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The 1993 Boston Marathon was the 97th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 19. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Cosmas Ndeti in a time of 2:09:33 hours and the women's race was won by Russia's Olga Markova in 2:25:27. Results Men Women References Results Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-14. External links Boston Athletic Association website {{1993 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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ronan
Andy Ronan (born 19 June 1963) is an Irish long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1963 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Irish male long-distance runners Irish male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Ireland Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Welzel
Jane Welzel (b. April 24, 1955, d. Aug. 31, 2014) was a pioneering long-distance runner who advocated for women to be added to the sport. In 1990, she became the U.S. Marathon Champion when she ran 2:33:35 at Grandma's Marathon in Minnesota. Her career spanned decades. She competed in five United States Olympic trials (track and field), U.S. Olympic Trials Marathons and won more than 50 major races. She was selected to represent America at the 1988 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, 1988 and 1989 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, 1989 World Road Racing Championships as well as several World Championship races: the 1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, 1992 Half Marathon, the 1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon, 1993 Marathon, the 1993 World Marathon Cup, 1993 Marathon Cup, and the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, 1994 Half Marathon. Early career Welzel grew up in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the city that hosts the star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle O'Rourke
Gabrielle may refer to: * Gabrielle (given name), a French female given name derived from Gabriel Film and television * ''Gabrielle'' (1954 film), a Swedish film directed by Hasse Ekman * ''Gabrielle'' (2005 film), a French film directed by Patrice Chéreau * ''Gabrielle'' (2013 film), a Canadian film directed by Louise Archambault * Gabrielle (''Xena: Warrior Princess''), a character in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * ''Gabrielle'' (TV series), a daytime talk show Music * Gabrielle (singer) (born 1969), English singer ** ''Gabrielle'' (album), her self-titled second album * "Gabrielle", song by Hootenanny Singers, 1964 * "Gabrielle" (Johnny Hallyday song), 1976 * Gabrielle Leithaug (born 1985), Norwegian X Factor contestant and singer known as Gabrielle * "Gabrielle", a 1980 single by The Nips * "Gabrielle", a 2020 single by Brett Eldredge * "Gabrielle", a song from the album ''Nymphetamine'' by Cradle of Filth * "Gabrielle", a song from the album ''Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Smith (runner)
Joy Ann Smith (born February 20, 1947) is a Canadian politician. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba between 1999 and 2003, and was in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Education and business career Smith was born in Deloraine, Manitoba, Canada. She holds a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Manitoba (majoring in Math and Science), and a music diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario. She worked as a teacher for twenty-three years before entering political life, and in 1986 received the ''Hedley Award for Excellence in Research''. During the 1990s, she served as a liaison for private and home-schooling groups. Smith is also an entrepreneur. She published a book entitled ''Lies My Kid's Teacher Told Me'' in 1996, and a follow-up entitled, ''Tools of the Trade'' a few years later. She was also the owner of Gem Records for a time. In 1996, she was nominated for Manitoba's ''Woman Entrepreneur of the Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Titova (runner)
Tatyana Titova (russian: Татьяна Титова) (born 6 August 1965) is a retired long-distance runner from Russia who has won eleven marathons during her career. Her personal best of 2:29:36 was set during her victory at the 2004 San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. Titova is a three-time winner of the Columbus Marathon (1996, 1999, 2001) and a two-time winner of the California International Marathon (2002, 2003). She has also won a number of other marathons including the Paris Marathon (1992), the Hartford Marathon (1999), the Austin Marathon The Austin Marathon (also known as Ascension Seton Austin Marathon presented by Under Armour for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in Austin, Texas, since 1992. The race weekend also features a half marathon and a 5K run with a ... (2000), the Green Bay Marathon (2002), and the Gasparilla Distance Classic Marathon (2007). Achievements References External links IAAF profile* 1965 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Prasad
Nadia Prasad Bernard (born October 6, 1967 at Caussade) is a French athlete, who specializes in distance races. Biographie Grew up in New Caledonia, Nadia took part at the age of 15 in the 1983 South Pacific Games, in which she won Gold in the 1500 m and 3000 m (under the name of Nadia Bernard). Four years later, she again defended her title in both events at the 1987 South Pacific Games and also won a silver in the 800 meters. She met in this meet the Fijian distance runner, Bineshwar Prasad, whom she married two years later. Her first big success was her victory at Las Vegas Marathon 1991. After having two children in the next two years, she returned to competition. She finished seventh at the Boston Marathon and third at New York City Marathon in 1993. In 1995 she won the Los Angeles Marathon, was French champion in the 10,000m, and competing for New Caledonia, she won three gold medals at the 1995 South Pacific Games (over 1500 m, 3000 m and 10,000 m). She won the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Benoit
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. She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman at that race for 28 years. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2000. Competitive life and Boston Marathon victories Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Benoit took to long-distance running to help recover from a broken leg suffered while slalom skiing. At Bowdoin College she excelled in athletics. In 1977, after two years at Bowdoin, she accepted a running scholarship to North Carolina State, where she began concentrating solely on her running. She earned All-America honors at NC State in both 1977 and 1978, and in 1978 helped lead the Wolfpack to the Atlantic Coast Conference cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albina Gallyamova
Albina may refer to: Places * Albina, Suriname, a city in Suriname * Albina, Oregon, a city annexed by Portland, Oregon, US * Albina, Brăila, a village in Tichilești Commune, Brăila County, Romania * Albina, Timiș, a village in Moșnița Nouă Commune, Timiș County, Romania * Albina, Vaslui, a village in Ivănești Commune, Vaslui County, Romania * Albina, Cimişlia, a commune in Raionul Cimişlia, Moldova People etc. * Albina (given name), people with the name "Albina" * Albina (mythology), a figure in Etruscan mythology * Albina, legendary ancestor of the giants of Albion * Saint Albina Other uses * One of the Russian space dogs * ''Albina Românească ''Albina Românească'' ("The Romanian Bee") was a Romanian-language bi-weekly political and literary magazine, printed in Iaşi, Moldavia, at two intervals during the ''Regulamentul Organic'' period (between June 1, 1829, and January 3, 1835 ...'', Romanian-language bi-weekly political and literary magazine, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Machado
Maria Manuela Machado (born August 9, 1963, in Viana do Castelo) is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running lucrative city marathons. Instead, she participated in major competitions (which were less monetarily profitable). Machado participated in the marathon in every major competition between 1990 and 2000. In her first major competition, the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split, she placed tenth. She placed seventh in both the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Machado won her first medal in a major competition in the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart when she came in second in the marathon. She won the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki and the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. In the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she once again placed seventh. At the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmem De Oliveira
Carmem Sousa de Oliveira Furtado (born 17 August 1965) is a retired Brazilian long-distance runner. She finished eleventh in the 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in a new South American record time of 31:47.76 minutes. She also holds the South American record in 5000 metres with 15:22.01 minutes and in the marathon with 2:27:41 hours from the 1994 Boston Marathon. She also won the 15 km (Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo) in 1995. Oliveira also has two cross country titles to her name, having won the South American Cross Country Championships The South American Cross Country Championships is an annual continental cross country running competition for athletes from South America or, more specifically, member countries of CONSUDATLE. It was first held in 1986, making it the oldest of t ... in 1992 and 1994. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jones (runner)
Kim Jones (born May 2, 1958) is a retired American marathoner and road runner. Author of the autobiography, Dandelion Growing Wild. Early life and education Kim Jones was born on May 2, 1958, in Sonoma, California. She had a successful high school running career, winning states titles in the 400 meters, 800 meters, and mile. Distance running career Jones became a marathoner after seeing Joan Samuelson's victory in the first women's Olympic marathon. She ran her first marathon in 1984, finishing with a time of 2:48:48. She soon began working with coach Benji Durden, himself an elite marathoner, and posted a second-place finish at the 1985 Twin Cities Marathon, with a time of 2:35:59. Jones competed in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships, but she did not finish after hurting her ankle. In 1988, she finished 5th in the Olympic Marathon Trials with a time of 2:32:16. At the 1991 Berlin Marathon, she ran her lifetime best of 2:26:40 while finishing second. Her time in Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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