Joan Benoit
(1957-)
American distance runner
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Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American Senior Grand Masters marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman at that race for 28 years. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Joan Benoit Samuelson 16 May 1957 (age 68) Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA
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