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Grete Waitz
Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder
Waitz in New York City in 2010 | |
| Born | (1953-10-01)1 October 1953 Oslo, Norway |
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| Died | 19 April 2011(2011-04-19) (aged 57) Oslo, Norway |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
| Country | Norway |
| Sport | Sport of athletics |
| Event | Marathon |
Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathonrunner and former world record holder.
In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours.
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Waitz won nine New York City Marathons, women's division, between 1978 and 1988, the highest number of victories in a single big city marathon in history. She won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a gold medal at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki.
She was also a five-time winner of the World Cross Country Championship