Paul Tergat

Paul Tergat

male, 40 years old
nairobi, From Kenya, Ngong, Kenya, Olympic silver medalist, Ngong, IAAF World Cross Country Championships…Saint Silvester Marathon, NewYorkCityMarathon
Paul Kibii Tergat (born June 17, 1969) is a Kenyan professional athlete. He is the current world record holder in the marathon, with a time of...
Grete Waitz

Grete Waitz

female, 56 years old
1983 World Championships in Athletics, norwegian, Olympic competitor for Norway, From Norway, NewYorkCityMarathon, From oslo…New York City Marathons
Grete Waitz (October 1, 1953) is a former Norwegian marathon runner who won nine New York City Marathons between 1978 and 1988. She also won a...
Deena Kastor

Deena Kastor

female, 36 years old
Spirit of the Marathon, boston marathon, agoura high school, Agoura Hills, Athens, Greece, Chicago Marathon…London Marathon, NewYorkCityMarathon, half marathon
Competing in her third Olympics in the marathon (Aug. 17), Deena is the top female distance runner in the United States. She took home the bronze...
Meb Keflezighi

Meb Keflezighi

male, 34 years old (San Diego, Eritrea)
From Asmara, men's marathon, 2004 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics, track and field athlete, Ge'ez alphabet…men's marathon final, NewYorkCityMarathon
Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi (Ge'ez: መብራህቶም ክፍልእዝጊ "mebrāhtōm kifl'igzī", Tigrinya "their lamp, part of the Lord"; born May 5 1975 in Asmara, Eritr...
Martin Lel

Martin Lel

male, 31 years old
long-distance runner, Gabriele Rosa, Kapsabet, Venice Marathon, rift valley, NewYorkCityMarathon…IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, London Marathon, marathon race
Martin Lel (born October 29, 1978 in Kapsabet) is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005 and 2007, and the New...
Fred Lebow

Fred Lebow

male, deceased (1994)
Jewish American sportspeople, romanian, new york road runner, transylvania, NewYorkCityMarathon, New York Road Runners club
Fred Lebow (June 3, 1932 - October 9, 1994) (born: Fischel Lebowitz) was an avid road runner and founder of the New York City Marathon. Born in...
Alberto Salazar

Alberto Salazar

male, 51 years old
nolan ryan, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, track and field athlete, From Portland, Oregon, NewYorkCityMarathon, wayland…boston marathon
Alberto Salazar (born August 7 1958 in Cuba) is an American marathon runner of the 1980s. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States...
Hendrick Ramaala

Hendrick Ramaala

male, 37 years old
South African, Great North Run, Olympic competitor for South Africa, IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Pietersburg, NewYorkCityMarathon
Hendrick Ramaala (born 2 February 1972 in GaMalepo, Pietersburg) is a South African long-distance runner, the winner of the 2004 New York City...

Bill Rodgers

male, 61 years old
invasion, Wesleyan University alumni, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Fukuoka Marathon, ussr, National Distance Running Hall of Fame…boston marathon, NewYorkCityMarathon
William ("Bill") Henry Rodgers (b. December 23, 1947 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American runner and former American record holder in the...
Lornah Kiplagat

Lornah Kiplagat

female, 35 years old
Kenyan-Dutch, Olympic athlete of the Netherlands, 10,000m, 10,000 metres, Rotterdam Marathon, Athlete at the 2004 Summer Olympics…Osaka Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon, Amsterdam Marathon, marathon race, NewYorkCityMarathon
Lornah Kiplagat (born in Nairobi, 1 May, 1974) is a Dutch long-distance runner who was born in Kenya. She has run for the Netherlands since 2003,...