Evy Gunilla Palm (born January 31, 1942 in

Lidköping Lidköping () is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 40 000 inhabitants in 2021. It is situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköpin ...

, Västra Götaland) is a female

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from

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, who competes in the long-distance events. She represented her native country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, finishing in 24th place in the women's marathon at the age of 46. In the lead up to the Olympics, she set the current Masters W45 World Record in the

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. Palm is a three-time winner of the

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 t ...

. She won the

City-Pier-City Loop The CPC Loop Den Haag (abbreviated for ''City-Pier-City Loop'') is an annual half marathon competition held in the Hague, Netherlands, every mid-March. The inaugural edition was held in 1975 and featured a 14.5 km course. This was extended to ...

half marathon in

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in 1988.

Records

Her Swedish

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records:Veteranstatistik 2006 Landsväg
* 44 years 1.12.11 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Gothenburg 86-05-10 * 46 " 1.11.18 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Östnor 88-07-16 VSM * 48 " 1.16.23 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Skellefteå 90-07-14 VSM * 49 " 1.12.36 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Haag HOL 91-03-24 * 55 " 1.25.08 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Gothenburg 97-05-24 * 56 " 1.27.37 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Gothenburg 98-05-16 Her Swedish marathon records: * 44 years 2.32.47 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Boston USA 86-04-21 * 45 " 2.35.14 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Stockholm 87-05-30 * 46 " 2.31.35 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 London GBR 88-04-17 * 47 " 2.31.05 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 London GBR 89-04-23 * 48 " 2.38.00 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 New York USA 90-11-04 * 55 " 3.05.39 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Stockholm 97-06-07 SM * 56 " 3.04.27 Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Stockholm 98-06-07 SM * 61 " 3.24.52N Evy Palm Mölndals AIK 31jan42 Stockholm 03-06-14

Achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palm, Evy 1942 births Living people Swedish female long-distance runners Swedish female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Sweden Swedish masters athletes World record holders in masters athletics People from Lidköping Municipality Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County