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Roberta Louise Gibb (born November 2, 1942) is an American former runner who was the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon (1966). She is recognized by the Boston Athletic Association as the pre-sanctioned era women's winner in 1966, 1967, and 1968 . [2]
Aug 28, 2023 · Gibb completed her first Boston Marathon in an impressive three hours, 21 minutes and 40 seconds - faster than two-thirds of the competitors. A now iconic image shows her running alone, her face...
May 10, 2023 · In an exclusive interview with the Olympics.com podcast celebrating the launch of the ‘Free To Run’ exhibition at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, marathon trailblazer Bobbi Gibb tells the remarkable story behind her history-making feat.
Apr 12, 2016 · In 1966, Roberta Gibb snuck into the Boston Marathon with little fanfare, becoming the first woman to ever run the race. Fifty years later, the quiet hero is still blazing her own trail.
She was the first woman ever to run and complete the Boston Marathon in 1966 at a time when it was believed that women were not physically able to run marathon distances and were not allowed to complete in events longer than one and a half miles.
Mar 18, 2018 · In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. Gibb had a bigger mission, however: to overcome prejudice against women in sports.
Mar 29, 2016 · Boston-native Bobbi Gibb says she was training at distances up to 40-miles at that time, but a letter respo ...more. What was the world like in 1966? The Beatles were on “The Ed Sullivan...
