Thursday, October 1, 2009

October 1 Birthdays

1953
Grete Waitz, Norwegian distance runner. Waitz was a five-time world champion in cross country, set a world record at 3000m (8:46.6), world bests in the marathon (2:25:29), competed in four different Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1984, and 1988), won an Olympic silver medal in the marathon (Los Angeles, 1984), and won the world championship in the marathon (Helsinki, 1983).

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