Grete Waitz, distance running legend, passes away
20.04.2011 World
Monte Carlo - The IAAF is deeply saddened by the news that Grete Waitz, a legendary pioneer in women’s Marathon running, passed away today after fighting a long battle with cancer (19).
Waitz, who took the gold medal in the Marathon at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Helsinki in 1983 and the Olympic silver medal over the distance in Los Angeles in 1984, was 57.
A sporting legend in her native Norway, Waitz was perhaps best known for her streak of four World bests in the Marathon from 1978 to 1983, her five victories at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and for her record nine victories at the New York City Marathon.
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