Track and field athlete Joan Benoit

Joan Benoit

Living place: Maine

Birthday: 16-5-1957 (67 years old)

Population of US 1957: 171,984,130

Global rank: #69633

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Track and field athlete Joan Benoit profile

Who is Track and field athlete Joan Benoit?
Marathon runner-up who won a gold medal in the inaugural women's marathon event at the 1984 Olympics.
She held the world record for the women's marathon for two years, from April 18, 1983, until April 21, 1985.

Young / Before famous

She began running long distances as a means to detox from a broken leg, and went on to race at Bowdoin College and North Carolina State.

Family life info

She raised two children with her husband Scott Samuelson.

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She joins Lance Armstrong as a motivational and congratulatory voice on the Nike + iPod system.

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When was Track and field athlete Joan Benoit born?
Joan Benoit birthday 16-5-1957 (at the age of 67).
Where is Track and field athlete Joan Benoit's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Joan Benoit was born in Maine, . Là Track and field athlete, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Joan Benoit's global rank is 69633 and whose rank is 176 in list of famous Track and field athlete. Population of US in 1957 is about 171,984,130 persons.
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Events in 1957 and 16-5

Events in US in the birth year of Joan Benoit

  • Eisenhower Doctrine calls for aid to Mideast countries that resist armed aggression from Communist-controlled nations (Jan. 5).
  • The "Little Rock Nine" integrate Arkansas high school. Eisenhower sends troops to quell mob and protect the students after Gov. Orval Faubus defies federal order (Sept. 24).

Birthday Joan Benoit (16-5) in history

  • Day 16-5 year 1770: Marie Antoinette married Louis XVI, who later became king of France.
  • Day 16-5 year 1868: The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.
  • Day 16-5 year 1929: The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.
  • Day 16-5 year 1946: The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.
  • Day 16-5 year 1975: Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
  • Day 16-5 year 1991: Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
  • Day 16-5 year 1997: President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila expelled him from the country.
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