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Bobbi Gibb

Chronology



1942 Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1966 First woman to run and finish the Boston Marathon
1967-68 Unofficial first-place female finisher of the Boston Marathon
1969 Earns B.S. at University of California, Los Angeles.
1978 Earns law degree at New England School of Law
1979 Joins Massachusetts Bar
1980 Publishes 28-pg. booklet To Boston with Love
1983 Runs Boston Marathon at age 40
1984 Designs trophies for first Women's Olympics Marathon trials
1996 Runs Boston Marathon at age 53 with a time of 6:02:24
2001 Runs 6th Boston Marathon as part of The Run for ALS Team 2001

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