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Tegla Loroupe, Kenya
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Simon Bruty
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2000 Sydney Olympics track competition |
| Traveling from: | |
Detmold, Germany |
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Personal: | | Age: |
27
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| Height: |
4'11"
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Like many people from her Kenyan homeland, Loroupe took up running simply as a
means of transportation to and from school -- a distance of six miles each way.
Tardiness equaled a beating. She also ran up to 12 miles a day to herd cattle on
her family farm. Loroupe burst onto the international scene in 1994, winning her
New York City marathon debut and becoming the first African woman to win a
major marathon. In September 1999, she clocked 2:20:43 at the Berlin Marathon,
breaking by four seconds the women's marathon world record she had set in
Rotterdam (the Netherlands) 16 months
earlier.
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| Achievements: |
| 2000 | Kenyan National Championships, 10,000 meters,
1st |
| 2000 | London Marathon,
1st |
| 1999 | Half-Marathon World Championships,
1st |
| 1999 | Berlin Marathon,
1st
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| 1999 | World Championships, 10,000 meters,
3rd |
| 1998 | New York City,
3rd |
| 1998 | Half-Marathon World Championships,
1st |
| 1998 | Rotterdam Marathon,
1st |
| 1998 | Goodwill Games, 10,000 meters,
1st |
| 1997 | New York City Marathon,
7th |
| 1997 | Half-Marathon World Championships,
1st |
| 1997 | Rotterdam Marathon,
1st |
| 1996 | New York City Marathon,
7th |
| 1996 | Boston Marathon,
2nd
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| 1996 | Olympic Games, 10,000 meters,
6th |
| 1995 | World Championships, 10,000 meters,
3rd
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| 1995 | New York City Marathon,
1st
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| 1995 | Boston Marathon, 9th
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| 1994 | New York City Marathon,
1st
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| 1993 | World Championships, 10,000 meters, 4th
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| Currently: | |
With her win in the 10,000 meters at the Kenyan nationals in July, Loroupe --
all 90 pounds of her -- is on her way to achieving her dream: to make history in
Sydney by winning the 10,000 meters and the marathon, in which she has also
qualified to
compete.
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