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Jacqueline Gareau (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian runner who won the Boston Marathon on April 21, 1980. Gareau led the women's field for most of the race, only to find another runner, Rosie Ruiz , wearing the traditional victor's laurels when she crossed the finish line.
On the female side, Eleonora Mendonca, Cathy Hodgdon, Chris Maisto, Jacqueline Gareau, J'ne Day-Lucore, and Anna Pichrtová are multiple winners. John J. Kelley and Jacqueline Gareau are the only runners ever to win both the Boston Marathon and the Mount Washington Road Race. Kelley won the former in 1957 and the latter in 1961.
Canada's Jacqueline Gareau then established a small lead, passing the 6.2-mile (10 km) mark in 36:13, around 20 yards (18 m) ahead of a pack which included: Waitz of Norway; all three United States runners, Marianne Dickerson, Debbie Eide and Brown; Rosa Mota of Portugal; Italy's Laura Fogli and May from Ireland. Two miles (3.2 km) later ...
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1980 in the Marathon for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, where the final of the men's competition was held on Friday August 1, 1980.
Ruiz was stripped of the title on April 29 and Jacqueline Gareau of Canada was declared the winner of the women's field, having completed the race in 2 hours, 34 minutes and 28 seconds. [103] The overall winner was Bill Rodgers of the United States, who won his third consecutive Boston Marathon with a time of 2:12:11.
Jacqueline Gareau Canada (5) 1983 3 2:30:58 Tiki Gelana Ethiopia: 2012 1 2:18:58 Bobbi Gibb United States: 3 First woman to run the entire Boston Marathon: Kara Goucher United States (10) 2009 2:25:53 Lidiya Grigoryeva Russia: 4 2:25:10 Ari Ichihashi Japan: 1999 2:27:02 Helena Javornik: 3 2:27:33 Priscah Jeptoo Kenya: 2012 2011: 2:20:14 Olivera ...
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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.