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Nationality | American |
Born | (1963-07-20) July 20, 1963 (age 60) Rockford, Illinois, United States |
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Country | United States |
Sport | Running |
Event | Distance |
College team | Iowa |
Club | Santa Monica Track Club |
Jenny Spangler (born July 20, 1963) is an American long-distance runner. She competed in Atlanta, GA in the women's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but dropped out, along with 20 other women.[1] By virtue of winning the Olympic Trials in 2:29:54, she was also the 1996 United States national champion in the marathon.[2][3][4] She had run the best time of any U.S. Junior in 1983, clocking 2:33:52 at the Duluth, Minnesota point-to-point Grandma's Marathon.[5] In 1984, she finished the Trials in 2:40:18, in 1988, 2:44.59, and in 2000, in 2:36:30, for 9th place.[6] In 2003 Spangler set a Masters American Record at the Chicago Marathon.[7]
US National Championship winners in Women's Marathon | |
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1974–1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress |
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1993–present USA Track & Field |
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Grandma's Marathon – winners | |
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Grandma's Marathon |
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