Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born September 3, 1942) is a former long distance runner. Shapiro-Ikenberry won the 1967

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, and was the first

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winner for women in 1974, at the AAU National Women's Marathon. She also won the 1977 US National 50-Mile Track Ultramarathon Championship.

Early and personal life

She was born Judy Shapiro in

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, to Jewish parents, and had two older brothers.Amby Burfoot (2016)
''First Ladies of Running: 22 Inspiring Profiles of the Rebels, Rule Breakers, and Visionaries Who Changed the Sport Forever''
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. Her family moved to

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, north-east of Los Angeles, in

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when she was one year old. In 1965 she married Dennis Ikenberry, her coach, and in the late 1960s they adopted two children and moved to

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; in 1971 they moved to

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. Shapiro-Ikenberry attended the

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, and was Class of 1965. She now lives in

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Running career

She had a 5th-place finish at the 1960

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in the

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. There, at 17 years of age she was the youngest runner. At the 1961 USA National Track & Field Championships, she finished fourth in the 800m and fifth in the

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. She competed in the

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in Israel, winning a bronze medal in the 800 m."Sportscene; Halls of Fame,"
Maccabi USA, Fall 2013. Shapiro-Ikenberry won the 1967

(AAU)

, in 3:38. In 1973, she won the Mission Bay Marathon in San Diego, California, in 3:00:05. In 1974 Shapiro-Ikenberry again won the race, at the

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, this time in 2:54:08. Shapiro-Ikenberry was the first

winner for women in 1974, at the AAU National Women's Marathon in

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, with a time of 2:55:17. In 1977, she won the US National 50-Mile Track Ultramarathon Championship.

Halls of Fame

Shapiro-Ikenberry was inducted into the University of California Riverside Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. In 2013, she was inducted into the Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the

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in 2020.

References

External links

"Judy Ikenberry"
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