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Date Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 07:21:52am
Author: Lij
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Subject: R.I.P. Grete Waitz

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g_FbbMSp-URp9vTPx4dz_7tWvduQ?docId=ffdadbb50ebb4c11ada4563779717c8e

Norwegian marathon great Grete Waitz dies at 57
(AP) – 50 minutes ago

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Grete Waitz, the elite Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57.

Helle Aanesen, the manager of the Active Against Cancer Foundation in Norway, said Waitz died early Tuesday at the Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo.

Waitz won her first New York City Marathon in 1978, setting a world best in 2 hours, 32 minutes, 30 seconds. She went on to win the event eight more times — more than any other runner, male or female — with her last victory coming in 1988.

Waitz also won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1983 world championships in Helsinki, Finland. A year later, she took second behind Joan Benoit in the first women's Olympic marathon.

She also competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics in the 1,500 meters, but missed the 1980 Moscow Games because of the American-led boycott.

"Grete is in my eyes one of the greatest Norwegian athletes of all time," Norwegian Athletics Federation president Svein Arne Hansen said. "Not only through her performances in the sport, but also as a role model for women in sports."

Aanesen said a private funeral ceremony is planned for next week, according to Waitz's wishes.

Waitz is survived by her husband Jack Waitz and her two brothers, Jan and Arild.
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I guess because we were of about the same age that I always paid attention to her. Heard she had cancer about the time I got out of the hospital in 2008.

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