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Norwegian Runner Grete Waitz Dies At 57

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Published: April 20, 2011

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OSLO, Norway — Norwegian runner Grete Waitz, who won the New York City marathon nine times, died of cancer Tuesday at the age of 57, her husband Jack said.

Helle Aanesen, the manager of the Active Against Cancer Foundation in Norway, said Waitz died early on Tuesday in an Oslo hospital. Waitz had been battling cancer for six years.

Waitz took marathon gold at the inaugural world athletics championships at Helsinki in 1983 and picked up the silver medal at the Los Angeles Olympics the following year.

“The dedication, perseverance and fortitude with which Grete carved out her athletics career on the track, across the country and on the road is an example to us all, as is the positive way she tackled the illness that beset her life in recent years,” he said, AFP reported.

Amazingly, her record-breaking debut in the New York Marathon in 1978 was the first time she had attempted to run the distance and only came about because her husband, Jack, talked her into trying.

“She was a fantastic and immensely successful sports practitioner and also a role model and pioneer in women’s sports. She showed that women too can run longer distances than 1,000 metres.”

Throughout her battle with cancer, Waitz remained committed to the world of racing. In recent years, she rode in the pace car for New York City Marathon and often appeared at the New York Road Runners Club half-marathon race in her honor, “Grete’s Gallop.” In 2007, Waitz helped established the “Active Against Cancer” foundation in Norway, inspired by “Fred’s Team,” a similar organization that honors Lebow’s legacy.

Since learning of her death countless runners and competitors have shared memories of her inspiring life.

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