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Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours.
Apr 19, 2011 · Grete Waitz, the Norwegian schoolteacher who won more New York City Marathons — nine — than anyone else, and whose humility and athleticism made her a singularly graceful champion and a role...
Apr 20, 2011 · Wed 20 Apr 2011 19.22 EDT. Grete Waitz, who has died aged 57, achieved an iconic status in women's distance running, winning the World Marathon title in 1983, the New York Marathon nine times,...
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Seattle Times staff. Grete Waitz, the Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons, died Tuesday at an Oslo hospital after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57.
Apr 19, 2011 · The IAAF is deeply saddened by the news that Grete Waitz, a legendary pioneer in women's Marathon running, passed away today after fighting a long battle with cancer (19). Waitz, who took the gold medal in the Marathon at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Helsinki in 1983 and the Olympic silver medal over the distance in Los Angeles in ...
May 1, 2024 · Grete Waitz (born October 1, 1953, Oslo, Norway—died April 19, 2011, Oslo) was a Norwegian marathoner who dominated women’s long-distance running for more than a decade, winning the New York City Marathon nine times between 1978 and 1988 (she did not compete in 1981 or 1987).
In 2007, she founded Aktiv mot Kreft (Active against Cancer), then arranged a collaboration between the foundation and her longtime sponsor, adidas, who funneled 5 percent of the proceeds from their Grete Waitz clothing line—as much as $1.25 million annually—to supplying cancer hospitals with PET imaging scanners and physical training centers.
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