Track and field athlete Kathrine Switzer
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Kathrine Switzer
Living place: Germany
Birthday: 5-1-1947 (77 years old)
Global rank: #28022
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Who is Track and field athlete Kathrine Switzer?
Notable for her 2007 memoir Marathon Woman, Switzer rose to fame in 1967 as the first registered woman runner-up at the Boston Marathon. Because women, at the time, were not allowed to compete in the race, she secured entry by registering under the name "KV Switzer."
In 1974, she was the fastest woman in the city. New York City Marathon, completing the races in three hours, seven minutes, twenty-nine seconds.
Notable for her 2007 memoir Marathon Woman, Switzer rose to fame in 1967 as the first registered woman runner-up at the Boston Marathon. Because women, at the time, were not allowed to compete in the race, she secured entry by registering under the name "KV Switzer."
In 1974, she was the fastest woman in the city. New York City Marathon, completing the races in three hours, seven minutes, twenty-nine seconds.
She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University.
Born into a military family living in Germany, she moved to her parents' native United States at the age of two and spent many of her high school years in Northern Virginia. Her first marriage was to Tom Miller (who ran with her in the 1967 Boston Marathon); She later married fellow writer and marathon runner Roger Robinson.
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Switzer paved the way for female bronze runner Catherine Ndereba, who won the 2000 Boston marathon and went on to earn silver medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
Switzer paved the way for female bronze runner Catherine Ndereba, who won the 2000 Boston marathon and went on to earn silver medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
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When was Track and field athlete Kathrine Switzer born?
Kathrine Switzer birthday 5-1-1947 (at the age of 77).
Where is Track and field athlete Kathrine Switzer's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Kathrine Switzer was born in Germany. is a Track and field athlete, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Kathrine Switzer's global rank is 28022 and whose rank is 38 in list of famous Track and field athlete.
Kathrine Switzer birthday 5-1-1947 (at the age of 77).
Where is Track and field athlete Kathrine Switzer's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Kathrine Switzer was born in Germany. is a Track and field athlete, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Kathrine Switzer's global rank is 28022 and whose rank is 38 in list of famous Track and field athlete.
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Events in 1947 and 5-1
Events in the world in the birth year of Kathrine Switzer
- Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).
- Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10).
- Soviet Union rejects US plan for UN atomic-energy control (March 4).
- Marshall Plan proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II (June).
- India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15).
- The Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered at Qumran.
Birthday Kathrine Switzer (5-1) in history
- Day 5-1 year 1896: A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays.
- Day 5-1 year 1914: Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage.
- Day 5-1 year 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor of a state (Wyoming).
- Day 5-1 year 1972: President Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
- Day 5-1 year 2000: INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez must be returned to Cuba.
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