Kathrine Switzer

About Kathrine Switzer

Switzer rose to recognition as the first female runner in the Boston Marathon in 1967, and her memoir Marathon Woman was published in 2007. She enrolled under the name"K.V. Switzer" because women were not allowed to compete in the race at the time.

Kathrine Virginia Switzer is an American marathon runner, author and television commentator. In 1967, she became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor. During his race, race director Jock Semple repeatedly assaulted Switzer, trying to take his jersey number and prevent him from competing. After knocking down Switzer's trainer and fellow runner Arnie Briggs as he tried to protect her, Semple was knocked down by Switzer's boyfriend Thomas Miller, who was running with her, on the ground. The AUA banned women from competing with men as a result of its run, and it wasn't until 1972 that the Boston Marathon established a formal race for women.

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Trivia

In 1974, she was the fastest woman in the New York City Marathon, finishing the race in three hours, seven minutes, and twenty-nine seconds.

Kathrine Switzer before fame

Her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism came from Syracuse University.

Achievement of Kathrine Switzer

In 1974, she became the first woman to complete the New York City Marathon in three hours, seven minutes, and twenty-nine seconds.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Kathrine Switzer family life

She was born in Germany to a military family and moved to her parents' native country of the United States when she was two years old. She graduated from high school in Northern Virginia. Her first marriage was to Tom Miller (with whom she ran the 1967 Boston Marathon), and she later married fellow writer and marathon runner Roger Robinson.

Associations of Kathrine Switzer

Switzer paved the way for Catherine Ndereba, a fellow female runner who won the Boston marathon in 2000 and went on to win silver medals at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008.

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