What is Grete Waitz?
{{Infobox person |name = Grete Waitz |image = Grete Waitz (NYC Marathon, 2010) 2.jpg |imagesize = |caption = Grete Waitz in 2010 |nationality = Norwegian |birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|10|1|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|4|19|1953|10|1|df=y}} |death_place = Oslo, Norway |death_cause = [[Cancer]] | misc = {{Infobox sportsperson|embed=yes |country = {{flagcountry|NOR}} |sport = [[Track and field athletics]] |event = [[Marathon]] |height = {{convert|5|ft|8|in|m}} |weight = {{convert|120|lb|kg}} }} }} '''Grete Waitz''' (1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] [[marathon]] [[Running|runner]] and former world record holder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/04/19/waitz.death.ap/index.html |title=Norwegian marathon great Grete Waitz dies at 57 |first= |last= |work=cnn.com |year=April 19, 2011 |accessdate=October 23, 2011 |archive-date=May 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065606/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/04/19/waitz.death.ap/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Waitz won nine [[New York City Marathon]]s between 1978 and 1988, more than any other runner in history. She won a [[silver medal]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. She won a [[gold medal]] at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in [[Helsinki]]. Waitz also won the [[London Marathon]] in 1983 and 1986. The win in 1986 was her personal best time of 2:24:54. She won the [[Stockholm Marathon]] in 1988 at 2:28:24. (As of 2011 this is the Stockholm course record for women). In 2000, Waitz was inducted into the United States National Distance Running Hall of Fame. She died from [[cancer]] in 2011. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Audio interview== *[http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2007/04/podcast-35-interview-with-running-pioneer-grete-waitz/ TheFinalSprint.com's interview with running pioneer Grete Waitz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.a