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 | | Roba, who won the 1996 Olympic Marathon, joined fellow women's champions Joan Benoit Samuelson, who won Boston in 1979 and 1983, before adding the 1984 Olympic Games title; and Rosa Mota (POR), who won a trio of Boston crowns (1987, 1988, and 1990), while adding the 1988 Olympic title. |
 | | Gelindo Bordin (ITA) is the only male to have won the Olympic (1988) and Boston (1990) titles. |
 | | MOST BOSTON MARATHONS: One of the most colorful characters in the history of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon, John A. Kelley, was a fixture of the race for nearly seven decades. |
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