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Bobbi Gibb, pictured in 2016, won the first three, unofficial, women's marathons. Joan Benoit set a world record at the 1983 Boston Marathon. Uta Pippig, pictured in 2019, won three consecutive Boston Marathons from 1994 to 1996. Catherine Ndereba won the Boston Marathon four times between 2000 and 2005.
Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [2]
Pages in category "Boston Marathon female winners" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Helen Obiri of Kenya wins the women’s division of the 2024 Boston Marathon. Hellen Obiri wins the women’s professional race after breaking away from the group during the final miles of the ...
Exeter's Dawn Ebbetts ran the Boston Marathon on Monday in a time of 3 hours, 46 minutes, 02 seconds, placing her first in the women's 70-to-74 age group.
Rosie M. Vivas [1] (née Ruiz; June 21, 1953 – July 8, 2019) [2] was a Cuban fraudster who, among other schemes, was declared the winner in the female category for the 84th Boston Marathon in 1980, only to have her title stripped eight days after the race when it was discovered that she had not run the entire course.
In 1969, 1970, and 1971, Sara Mae Berman was the women's winner, and in 1972, Nina Kuscsik was the winner of the first officially sanctioned women's division event. In 1996, at the 100th running of the Boston Marathon and the 30th anniversary of Gibb's first run of it, the Boston Athletic Association officially recognized her three wins in 1966 ...
Uta Pippig (born 7 September 1965) is a retired German long-distance runner, and the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1994–1996). She also won the Berlin Marathon three times (1990, 1992 and 1995); the 1993 New York City Marathon ; represented Germany at the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996 , and won a ...