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Grete Waitz

1953 - 2011

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Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz won nine New York City Marathons, women's division, between 1978 and 1988, the highest number of victories in a single big city marathon in history. She won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a gold medal at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grete Waitz is the 480th most popular athlete (down from 452nd in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Norway (up from 271st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Grete Waitz ranks 480 out of 6,025. Before her are Leonid Zhabotinsky, Eliud Kipchoge, Rudolf Burkert, Władysław Kozakiewicz, Henri Jobier, and Yevgeny Grishin. After her are Christa Stubnick, Alice Brown, Boris Melnikov, Gisela Birkemeyer, Veikko Karvonen, and Betty Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Grete Waitz ranks 251. Before her are Francis Cabrel, Boris Grebenshchikov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Dževad Karahasan, Władysław Kozakiewicz, and Scott Hicks. After her are Charles Martin Smith, Hiroyuki Usui, Kim Gordon, Ken Davitian, Andrey Makarevich, and Gernot Rohr. Among people deceased in 2011, Grete Waitz ranks 226. Before her are Imre Makovecz, Jim Rathmann, Ulrich Biesinger, Max van der Stoel, Harry Morgan, and Luigi Carpaneda. After her are Andrea True, James Arness, Peter Gethin, Lilian Jackson Braun, Karl Aage Præst, and Iván Menczel.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Grete Waitz ranks 261 out of 1,039. Before her are Erik Werenskiold (1855), Aurora (1996), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), Martinus Rørbye (1803), and Knut Nystedt (1915). After her are Per Borten (1913), Steinar Amundsen (1945), John Arne Riise (1980), Tormod Knutsen (1932), Vicky Vette (1965), and Johan Ferner (1927).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Grete Waitz ranks 11. Before her are Helge Løvland (1890), Egil Danielsen (1933), Ole Ellefsæter (1939), Harald Grønningen (1934), Simon Slåttvik (1917), and Hallgeir Brenden (1929). After her are Steinar Amundsen (1945), Sverre Stenersen (1926), Hakon Barfod (1926), Tom Sandberg (1955), Yngvar Bryn (1881), and Håkon Brusveen (1927).

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