1964
Valentina Yegorova, Russia, long-distance runner. When Yegorova started the 1992 (Barcelona) Olympic marathon, she had already run thirteen marathons but won only one. When her fourteenth marathon was over, she had won an Olympic gold medal (2:32:41). Yegorova went on to win the 1993 (2:26:40) and 1994 (2:30:09) Tokyo Marathons, placed second in the 1994 Boston Marathon (2:23:33), and win the silver medal in the 1996 (Atlanta) Olympic Games marathon (2:28:05).
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