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Kathrine Virginia Switzer (born January 5, 1947) [1] is an American marathon runner, author, and television commentator. [ 2 ] In the year 1967, she became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor. [ 3 ]
John Duncan Semple (October 26, 1903 – March 10, 1988) was a Scottish-American runner, physical therapist, trainer, and sports official. In 1967, as a race official for the Boston Marathon, he attempted to stop the 20-year-old marathon runner Kathrine Switzer from continuing to run and knocked down her coach when he tried to protect her.
The following year, Cloney and Jock Semple attempted to physically remove Kathrine Switzer's numbered bib off of her running clothes. Switzer got away and finished the race. Semple's attack was captured by photographers and the melee on the course made international headlines. [10]
In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Kathrine Switzer signed photos and books for some of her fans near Hogan's Fountain in Cherokee Park on Thursday afternoon.
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English: Runner Kathrine Switzer attacked by race official Jock Semple while running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. Original caption: Who Said Chivalry Is Dead? ... A girl listed only as "K. Switzer of Syracuse" found herself about to be thrown out of the normally all-male Boston Marathon Wednesday when a husky companion Thomas Miller of Syracuse, threw block that tossed race official out of the ...
Trask's photo sequence of Jock Semple attacking runner Kathrine Switzer in the 1967 Boston Marathon. Trask photographed Kathrine Switzer being attacked by race organiser Jock Semple for being a woman and officially running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. [6] [7]