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	Joan Benoit the Maine Marvel. Athletes of the Marathon - Hall of Fame - Time-to-Run Marathon section - the greats of ...
		Benoit was not necessarily tactically brilliant, however her ability to run fast,when it counted, proved to be her greatest asset.
		Unfortunately, Benoit was troubled by serious injuries and it is remarkable how only a number of weeks after athroscopic surgery she was able to win the Olympic trials for Americans in Eugene, Oregon, in a time of 2Hr 26min 11sec and in the same year go on to win the Olympic marathon in Los Angeles.
		Joan Benoit scores 135 points and on her results is inducted to the athletes 'Hall of Fame' and 'women rankings' as one of the world's 'best female marathoners of all time'.
	www.time-to-run.com /marathon/athletes/women/benoit.htm (461 words)

	GALANIS SPORTS DATA
		Joan Benoit Samuelson is easily one of the all-time great marathoners the world has ever seen.
		Joan's career has been strengthened through the years, and to call her old or rusty would be a sin to the young women runners, including those who run simply for fitness.
		Joan is an all-American in most eyes - men and women alike - who respect her for being at the top of the sport while still balancing a tough (if not death-defying) training schedule with a professional life and family life.
	www.galanissportsdata.com /person.asp?personID=2206 (449 words)

	Joan Benoit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA, Benoit took to long-distance running to help recover from a broken leg suffered while skiing.
		Although she won the 1985 Chicago marathon, Benoit was hampered in the years after her Olympic victory by injuries and struggled to compete in major races.
		Joan has also won that race several times and ran it last in 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joan_Benoit (398 words)

	Benoit Samuelson won't appear in Orange Classic
		Joan Benoit Samuelson will not be running in the Orange Classic 10K on June 11.
		Middletown native Frank Shorter and Benoit Samuelson — both Olympic marathon champions — were slated to be the headliners for the 20th anniversary 6.2-mile run in Middletown.
		Benoit Samuelson, a Maine resident, said her family is leaving for Alaska on June 14 — three days after the Orange Classic.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2000/05/2/benoit.htm (417 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		True, Joan Benoit was competing in the historic, first ever U.S. Women's Olympic Trials Marathon, but even the gals have been at it for a couple of decades now, and they, too, have impressed on occasion.
		Joan Benoit and Julie Brown had qualifying times far ahead of anyone else, save Patti Catalano, who was two years away from her best running.
		Benoit, Brown and Isphording were the big winners of the day, but all the qualifiers seemed to sense that they had shared in a special event.
	www.runnersworld.com /events/road2sydney/women_trials/history/84trials.html (4316 words)

	Joan Benoit Samuelson
		Joan Benoit Samuelson has generously shared her experience and advice through her books, Running Tide and Running for Women, and by giving running clinics, coaching women's cross-country and long-distance running, working as a sports commentator and a motivational speaker.
		Joan Benoit Samuelson's persistence and endurance will long inspire increased self-confidence in Maine women, reinforcing the knowledge that Maine women are tough-they can compete, go the distance, and achieve great things.
		As Joan continues to pursue her goals we celebrate her enthusiasm and spirit, and the spirit and potential of all Maine women, by recognition of Joan Benoit Samuelson's place in the Maine Women's Hall of Fame.
	www.uma.maine.edu /libraries/MWHOF_Website/alibjbsamuelson.html (463 words)

	Chapter 26
		Benoit was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, in 1957.
		Benoit and the two other qualifiers, Julie Brown and Julie Isphording, each received a bronze figurine of a running woman for their success in the Olympic trials.
		Benoit traveled to Los Angeles several days before the Games began, but her recent appearance on television made it impossible for her to take training runs without being recognized.
	www.marathonguide.com /history/olympicmarathons/chapter26.cfm (1804 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Joan Benoit
		Benoit underwent surgery on both Achilles tendons in 1981 but returned to top form in 1983, when she again won the Boston Marathon, setting a world record of 2:22:43.
		Grete Waitz of Norway, who had won all seven marathons she'd entered and had beaten Benoit in 10 of 11 races, was favored to win the gold medal in the first Olympic women's marathon in 1984.
		Benoit was named winner of the Sullivan Award as the outstanding U. amateur athlete of 1985, when she set an American record of 2:21:21 in the Chicago Marathon.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/benoitjo.shtml (299 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Joan Benoit Samuelson
		Joan Benoit Samuelson, who won the Olympic marathon gold medal when she was 27, said she felt her prime extended into her early 30s.
		Joan Benoit Samuelson, 46, is competing in her fourth marathon trials (1984, '96, 2000 '04).
		Joan Benoit Samuelson, for example was 32nd with a 17:36 at the age of forty-six.
	sports.surfwax.com /files/Joan_Benoit_Samuelson.html (4011 words)

	For Immediate Release - Robert Weiner Associates
		Benoit Samuelson, 45, plagued in recent years by chronic soreness in her left Achilles' tendon, shook off the pain to cruise to a time of 10 minutes 2.55 seconds in the 3,000, good for first place and a US indoor record for her age group (45-49).
		Benoit Samuelson said she was considering running one last Boston Marathon before she turns 50, however, she said, because of the pain in her heels, it would be very difficult to finish.
		This is the same Samuelson (known then as Joan Benoit) who won her first of two Boston Marathons in 1979 and still holds the American women's marathon record with a 2:21:21 at Chicago in 1985.
	www.weinerpublic.com /page93.html (6241 words)

	Racing Joan Benoit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Which is why I was pleased when Joan Benoit actually came up to me while I was waiting around for a fucking hour and a half in the hot sun in the hopes that my daughter Amanda might win a stuffed panda bear or an L. Bean hat.
		However I did have a chance to tell Joan Benoit that I was very pleased she won that 1984 Olympic Marathon, as was everybody else in my living room that morning.
		We had doughnuts for everybody who wanted to watch Joan Benoit and were all, I told her, very very excited about her victory.
	www.williams.edu /English/faculty/rbell/HUMOR/RacingJoanBenoit.html (1054 words)

	Interview - Joan Benoit Samuelson
		According to Runner's World, Joan Benoit Samuelson is "the greatest American marathoner in history." As the only American woman to have ever won an Olympic gold medal in the marathon (1984 LA Games), Joan has always lead the way in women's marathoning.
		Benoit Samuelson holds the top four all-time marathon finish times for American women.
		Joan Benoit Samuelson: Catherine Ndereba's coming back, Colleen DeReuck is coming, we hope Elana Meyers will come and Evans Rutto is returning.
	sports.mainetoday.com /running/musca/020719joan.shtml (1320 words)

	Benoit recovery offers hope - Athletics -
		Benoit was in grave danger of missing the US team when her knee seized up just before the Olympic trials.
		With just 17 days to go, Benoit visited an orthopaedic surgeon who advised her to have an arthroscopic procedure to release the plica, a small band of tissue that was causing her knee to lock.
		Benoit took his advice, had the surgery, ran as conservatively as she could to make the team, and then led all the way to win the first women's Olympic marathon from the favourite, Norway's Grete Waitz.
	www.smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/09/1092022406469.html (267 words)

	Great Opportunity to Meet Joan Benoit Samuelson - NYRR Message Boards
		Joan Benoit Samuelson Known as one of the pioneers of women’s running, Joan Benoit Samuelson is the only American woman to have ever won an Olympic gold medal in the marathon (1984 Los Angeles).
		Joan’s marathon gold medal accomplishment was made even more amazing by noting that 17 days after agonizing knee surgery, Joan won the 1984 Olympic Trials to qualify for the Los Angeles Games.
		In 1985, Benoit was named winner of the Sullivan Award as the outstanding U. amateur athlete of 1985, when she set an American record of 2:21:21 in the Chicago Marathon.
	web1.nyrrc.org /ubb/Forum2/HTML/001380.html (213 words)

	Nikebiz : News : Press Release : Maine Running Great Joan Benoit Samuelson Honored With New Track in Hometown of ...
		"To be able to celebrate Joan's running legacy with a world-class track in her name is truly the ultimate expression of Nike's appreciation for her accomplishments," said Jeff Johnson, Nike's first employee who presented Benoit Samuelson with an artist's rendering of the track.
		"The Town of Freeport is proud to have Joan Benoit Samuelson as a member of its community, and is pleased to work together with Nike and Cole Haan to build a running track in her honor," said Robert Stevens, Freeport Town Council Chairperson.
		Benoit Samuelson, who was born in Maine in 1957, came to running literally by accident.
	www.nike.com /nikebiz/news/pressrelease.jhtml;bsessionid=AENYQGL4PG4TGCQCGI1SF4YKAIZC2IZD?year=2002&month=09&letter=e (873 words)

	Photos from US Track & Field Masters Indoor Championship - March 28, 2003
		Joan Benoit Samuelson is in the outside lane.
		Joan Benoit Samuelson en route to an age group American record 10:02.55 in the 3000 m.
		Joan Benoit Samuelson posed with friend and fan, Annie Cornell, after the race.
	www.filbert.com /jeff/photos/Mastersmeet (216 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Boston Marathon / 2005
		The magnitude of his performance was almost overshadowed by the astonishing run of Joan Benoit, who set all sorts of American records en route to a stunning world record 2:22:42.
		If Meyer had to share some of the glow of the spotlight with Benoit, it took nothing away from the glitter of his effort on a day when a favoring tailwind was conducive to decent times and Bill Rodgers talked of maybe just one more marathon after finishing 10th.
		Joan Benoit is four years older now, though, and a lot of things have happened in that time.
	www.boston.com /marathon/history/1983.shtml (2280 words)

	Nikebiz : News : Press Release : Bowdoin and Nike Honor Joan Benoit Samuelson With Rededication of Magee Track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Benoit Samuelson – winner of the 1984 inaugural Olympic women's marathon and two-time winner of the Boston Marathon – had graduated from Bowdoin in 1979.
		Joan's enduring inspiration is unparalleled by any other female distance runner, and it is Nike's hope that this new track will inspire many young athletes in the future to compete or simply to enjoy the benefits of a physically active lifestyle."
		"Joan has been an inspiration to us all, through her 1984 marathon win, her years of running in Brunswick and Freeport, her tireless support of the sport, and her motivation of younger runners like myself," concluded Libby Barney.
	www.nike.com /nikebiz/news/pressrelease.jhtml?year=2005&month=10&letter=e (1490 words)

	Chicago Athlete -- Regional News Article
		Benoit Samuelson, an icon in running, not just women's running, won the 1985 Chicago Marathon in 2:21:21, a time that still stands today as the Chicago and North American record.
		JOAN BENOIT SAMUELSON was the first women to win the Olympic gold medal in the marathon - 1984 Los Angeles She holds the current American record for the marathon 2:21:21 set in Chicago in 1985 and won the Boston Marathon in 1979 and 1983.
		Joan is the mother of 2 children; she lives in Maine and still runs competitively today.
	www.chicagoaa.com /news/29177.html (265 words)

	Joan Benoit Samuelson
		Benoit Samuelson is the American record holder for the marathon and half marathon.
		Benoit Samuelson has never been a fan of the celebrity that accompanied her running success.
		But these days, Benoit Samuelson can be found training in Freeport, Maine, where she resides.
	www.distancerunning.com /inductees/1998/benoit.html (156 words)

	USATODAY.com - Fastest U.S. marathoner Kastor still chases hero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Joan Benoit Samuelson heard the thunder of a capacity crowd rising to its feet as she neared the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1984 en route to her victory in the first Olympic women's marathon.
		Benoit Samuelson was scheduled to run in the 2004 U.S. Olympic women's marathon trials.
		Benoit Samuelson, winning the race by charging alone to the lead and never giving it up, was a lot faster and feistier than anyone anticipated.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/2004-06-08-marathoners_x.htm (742 words)

	The Running Network -- National News -- Article
		Benoit Samuelson won the gold medal in the inaugural women's Olympic marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.
		Benoit Samuelson, 47, of Freeport, Maine, is regarded as one of the greatest marathon runners of all time.
		Kastor and Benoit Samuelson are part of an all-American professional field at this year's Mini, the world's original women-only road race.
	www.runningnetwork.com /news/nyminimarathon04.html (528 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Bowdoin, Nike Honor Joan Benoit Samuelson with ...
		When runner Libby Barney was a student at Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine, the name that stood out among all the legendary athletes in her sport was Joan Benoit Samuelson.
		Benoit Samuelson - winner of the 1984 inaugural women's Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles and two-time winner of the Boston Marathon - had graduated from Bowdoin in 1979.
		In her remarks during the ceremony, a "humbled and honored" Benoit Samuelson acknowledged the Magee family, and many Olympic athletes, including Steve Prefontaine, who had trained on the Magee track.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20051121_RWire_Samuelson.html (874 words)

	Encyclopedia: Joan Benoit
		Ingrid Kristiansen (born March 21, 1956), from Norway, was the best female long distance runner in the second half of the 1980s.
		Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA, Joan took to long-distance running as a means to recover from a broken leg.
		Although she won the 1985 Chicago marathon, in the years straight after her Olympic victory Joan was hampered by injuries and struggled to compete in major races.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Joan-Benoit (1020 words)

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