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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grete Waitz has received more than 321,771 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Grete Waitz is the 430th most popular athlete (up from 595th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Norway (up from 309th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Grete Waitz ranks 430 out of 6,025. Before her are Lidiya Alfeyeva, Veikko Kankkonen, Klaus Dibiasi, Robert Alt, Irina Privalova, and Nina Ponomaryova. After her are Yang Chuan-kwang, Lyudmila Bragina, Victor Willems, Patrik Sjöberg, Gergely Kulcsár, and Sotirios Versis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Grete Waitz ranks 266. Before her are Vasundhara Raje, Lawrence Gonzi, James Read, Steven Zaillian, Oscar Alberto Ortiz, and Lamberto Leoni. After her are Zoran Filipović, Darlanne Fluegel, Colleen Camp, Neven Mimica, Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, and Pia Zadora. Among people deceased in 2011, Grete Waitz ranks 264. Before her are Gil Scott-Heron, Anna Massey, Géza Alföldy, James L. Elliot, Alenush Terian, and Francesco Quinn. After her are Scott Columbus, Nate Dogg, Amparo Muñoz, Sakyo Komatsu, Ken Olsen, and Geraldine Ferraro.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Grete Waitz ranks 271 out of 1,039. Before her are Harriet Bosse (1878), Skule Bårdsson (1189), Kristen Nygaard (1926), Adolph Tidemand (1814), Vicky Vette (1965), and Magne Furuholmen (1962). After her are Alf Andersen (1906), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Sigurd Haakonsson (895), Ståle Solbakken (1968), Erlend Loe (1969), and Arne Bendiksen (1926).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Grete Waitz ranks 12. Before her are Helge Løvland (1890), Harald Grønningen (1934), Pål Tyldum (1942), Magnar Solberg (1937), Steinar Amundsen (1945), and Hallgeir Brenden (1929). After her are Håkon Brusveen (1927), Simon Slåttvik (1917), Trine Hattestad (1966), Asbjørn Ruud (1919), Gjermund Eggen (1941), and Tom Sandberg (1955).

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