Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (née ''Lewy;'' born August 1, 1973), commonly known as either Magdalena or Magda Boulet, is an American runner from

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. Born in

Jastrzębie-Zdrój Jastrzębie-Zdrój (; german: Bad Königsdorff-Jastrzemb, originally ''Jastrzemb'', cs, Lázně Jestřebí, szl, Jastrzymbie-Zdrōj or ''Jastrzymbje-Zdrůj'') is a city in south Poland with 86,632 inhabitants (2021). Its name comes from the Poli ...

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, Lewy-Boulet became a

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on September 11, 2001.

Sport career

Lewy Boulet finished second at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's

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, held on April 20, 2008, in Boston, Massachusetts, in a then personal-best time of 2:30:19. She led the race for the first 24 miles before being overtaken by eventual winner

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. During the women's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics, a lingering knee injury forced Lewy Boulet to drop out 20 kilometres into the race. In the

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, she has earned two

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representing the USA in the team competition, in 2010 and 2011. Individually, she finished 20th in the 2010 race and 18th in the 2011 race. She has also won the 2002

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, and finished sixth overall and first among American women at the 2009 New York City Marathon. She finished second at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon, in a personal best time of 2:26:22. At the

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, she finished 7th in a time of 2:28:44. In other road racing performances, she was the top American finisher at the NYRR New York Mini 10K, but her time of 33:25 was only enough for eleventh overall. In September, she won the 20K national title at the

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in a time of 1:07:41, some 45 seconds ahead of runner-up Stephanie Rothstein. She won the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in 2015, her debut 100-mile race, in a time of 19:05:21. In 2019, she won the Leadville 100-mile race, in a time of 20:18:07.

Personal life and coaching

Lewy-Boulet is sponsored by CORE Foods, Hoka One One, and GU Energy Gel. She was assistant track & field coach at

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- Berkeley, working under Tony Sandoval through 2009-2010 school year. She is married to Richie Boulet. Lewy-Boulet is currently coached by Jack Daniels.

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Personal records

*100 miles - 19:05:21 (Western States 100 2015) *Marathon - 2:26:22 (

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NED 2010) *Half Marathon - 1:11:46 ( San Jose CA USA 2009) *10,000 metres - 31:48.58 ( Eugene OR USA 2011) *5,000 metres - 15:14.25 (

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SWE 2011)

References

External links

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Interview with ATHLETE Director David Lam
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewy Boulet, Magdalena 1973 births Living people American female long-distance runners Polish emigrants to the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics American female marathon runners Olympic track and field athletes of the United States People from Jastrzębie-Zdrój Long Beach City College alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni 21st-century American women