D.O.B: 10.01.53
N.O.C: Norway
Height:172 cm
53 kg
Final Year of Competition: 1988
Years Top 10: 6
Personal bests
Mile: 4:26.90 (United Kingdom 1978)
10 Miles: 53:05 (United States 1979)
5km: 15:29 (United States 1984)
10km: 31:28 (Norway 1984)
15km: 47:52 (United States 1984)
20km: 1:08.21 (United States 1979)
25km: 1:22:28 (Germany 1986)
800m: 2:05.05 (Czech 1977)
1,000m: 2:39.4 (United Kingdom 1977)
1,500m: 4.00.55 (Czech 1978)
2,000m: 5:47.1 (Australia 1979)
3,000m: 8.31.75 (Norway 1979)
5,000m: 15:08.80 (Norway 1982)
Half Marathon: 1:07:50 (Norway 1982)
Marathon: 2.24.54 (United Kingdom 1986)
In many ways Waitz changed the perception and the trajectory of female distance running – her achievements inspired women across the generations, winning Marathons and breaking records for over a decade (including being the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours)! ✊
Waitz won the inaugural World Championships Marathon in 1983 as well as winning 11 Marathon Majors, of which the New York Marathon she crossed the finish line first on a staggering nine occasions!!!
