“First of all, I thought it was sensationalist journalism, and I felt scared to death that they would see that and pull the event. They would say women can”
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Kathrine Switzer
Kathrine Virginia Switzer is an American marathon runner, author, and television commentator.
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culture · German-born American runner (born 1947) · marathon runner · journalist · athletics competitor · non-fiction writer · actor · runner · athlete · also Kathrine Switzer, Kathrine Virginia Switzer, Switzer
Born 5 January 1947 · Q97440819
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2025· 1 entry
Switzer met Sophie Power, an ultrarunner pictured breastfeeding her three-month old son in the middle of the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc in 2018, at a running conference in the UK
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2023· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “An authentic photograph shows Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon with an official number, being grabbed by Jock Semple, a marathon official who was trying to pull her out of the race.” True.
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2017· 1 entry
Ran the New York City Marathon for the first time since 1974; she finished in 4:48:21
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2015· 1 entry
Switzer launched a global non-profit called 261 Fearless with an ambassador program, club training system, and events
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (2011).
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For creating a social revolution by empowering women around the world through running
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1980· 1 entry
Asking her if her dramatic win and improvement in her time was due to running intervals, and Ruiz responded "I'm not sure what intervals are
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1979· 1 entry
The Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Switzer's name and picture
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1972· 3 entries
“Of course it seemed, again, like we were the lunatic fringe.”
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Women were first accepted officially to run the Boston Marathon
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The Boston Marathon established an official women's race
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1968· 1 entry
Switzer married Tom Miller, the man who had put an end to Semple's attack in 1967
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1967· 3 entries
Became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor, having entered as "K
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Where she studied journalism and English literature
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Was joined by over 13,700 women—almost half of the total runners
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1966· 1 entry
Bobbi Gibb had tried to enter the race officially but had been rejected by BAA Director Will Cloney who claimed women were physiologically incapable of running 26 miles
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1957· 1 entry
Race officials had to dissuade local police from arresting him for attempted assault after he made a flying tackle at a racer running in webbed snorkeler's shoes and a grotesque mask because "the guy was runnin' with the
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1947· 2 entries
In Amberg, American-occupied zone of Germany, the daughter of a major in the United States Army
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Born 1947-01-05.
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