Track and field athlete Grete Waitz

Grete Waitz

Living place: Norway

Birthday: 1-10-1953 (71 years old)

Population of the world 1953: 2.681 billions

Global rank: #87487

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Who is Track and field athlete Grete Waitz?
Legend of the Norwegian marathon who, in 1979, became the first woman to run a marathon in less than two and a half hours. She won a gold medal at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and has won 9 New York City Marathons, the most of any runner-up ever.
She is honored with her own set of stamps in her country. There are statues of her looking Norway in the EPCOT at Walt Disney World Resort as well as Bislett Stadium in Oslo.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She won the Norwegian national title at the 400 and 800 meters as a teenager. She set a European department record in the 1,500 meters at the age of 17.

Family life info

She was survived by her husband Jack. She has brothers named Jan and Arild.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Track and field athlete Grete Waitz?
She and Paula Radcliffe England are both winners of the New York City Marathon.

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When was Track and field athlete Grete Waitz born?
Grete Waitz birthday 1-10-1953 (at the age of 71).
Where is Track and field athlete Grete Waitz's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Grete Waitz was born in . is a Track and field athlete, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Grete Waitz's global rank is 87487 and whose rank is 248 in list of famous Track and field athlete. Population of the world in 1953 is about 2.681 billions persons.
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Events in 1953 and 1-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Grete Waitz

  • Joseph Stalin dies (March 5). Georgi Malenkov becomes Soviet Premier; Lavrenti Beria, Minister of Interior; Vyacheslav Molotov, Foreign Minister (March 6). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
  • East Berliners rise against Communist rule; quelled by tanks (June 17).
  • Korean armistice signed (July 27).
  • Moscow announces explosion of hydrogen bomb (Aug. 20). Background: nuclear weapons
  • Tito becomes president of Yugoslavia.

Birthday Grete Waitz (1-10) in history

  • Day 1-10 year 1800: Spain ceded Louisiana to France in the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso.
  • Day 1-10 year 1908: Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market—the Model T car to the market. Each car cost $825.
  • Day 1-10 year 1936: General Francisco Franco became head of the insurgent Spanish government.
  • Day 1-10 year 1961: Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 60 set in 1927.
  • Day 1-10 year 1971: Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.
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