Miki Gorman
Miki Gorman (birth name Japanese. 諏 訪 美智子 , Suwa Michiko ; born August 14, 1935 in Qingdao , China , † September 19, 2015 in Bellingham , Washington ) was an American marathon runner of Japanese origin.
Life
The daughter of a doctor grew up in Fukushima Prefecture in what is now Aizu-Wakamatsu , where she went to school ten kilometers every day. At 28, she came to the United States, where she first worked as a pediatric nurse and attended Carlisle Commercial College and then found a job in Los Angeles . There she married the businessman Michael Gorman in 1966.
At the Los Angeles Athletic Club, where she was registered by her husband in the fall of 1968, she discovered running for herself and ran 100 miles (160.9 km) in 21:04 hours in an unofficial indoor competition in 1970 .
In 1973 she officially started the 42.195 km distance for the first time and won the Western Hemisphere Marathon in the world record of 2:46:37 h. The following year, she won the Boston Marathon in 2:47:12. After a baby break, she finished second in the New York City Marathon in the fall of 1975 and again won the Western Hemisphere Marathon. In 1976 she finished second in Boston and won the New York City Marathon , which was held for the first time as a city run , in 2:39:11 (on a distance that was probably 150 m too short).
In 1977 she succeeded in winning in Boston (in 2:48:33) and in New York (in 2:43:10) in the same year , which after her only Allison Roe (1981) and Ingrid Kristiansen (1989 ) succeeded. She is also the only woman to have more than one win in both Boston and New York. In 1978 she did not get past 22nd place in New York , but shortly afterwards set a world best time in the half marathon with 1:15:58 h in Pasadena on November 19 . In 1979 she was vice world champion in the seniors in 2:54:10.
In 1982 she ended her competitive sports career. In the same year, she separated from her husband without divorce. She later lived in Vancouver and ran the occasional 30 miles a week when she was not busy taking care of her two granddaughters.
In 1996, she was in the Masters Hall of Fame by USA Track & Field was added in 2005 in the Hall of Fame of the Road Runners Club of America.
Web links
- Athlete portrait at the ARRS
- As the Miles and the Years Pass By , recap by Miki Gorman in the New York Times , October 30, 2005
- Miki Gorman started jogging in 1969; Now, at 42, She Is One of the World's Best Marathoners , Portrait of Barbara Wilkins in People , Vol. 8, No. November 19, 1977
- Miki Gorman , portrait of Gordon Bakoulis in Running Times Magazine, October 2001
- Gorman remains the one US women chase in NY , article by Joe Battaglia on Universal Sports, October 27, 2010
- A Women's Running Pioneer Enjoys Life in the Slow Lane , portrait by Jeré Longman in the New York Times , November 3, 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ Roger Robinson: Miki Gorman, Women's Marathon Pioneer, Dies at 80. In: runnersworld.com , October 6, 2015, accessed October 9, 2015.
- ↑ USATF: Masters Hall of Fame.
- ^ Road Runners Club of America: RRCA Hall of Fame Inductees 2000–2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gorman, Miki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 諏 訪, 美智子; Suwa, Michiko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American marathon runner of Japanese origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Qingdao , China |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th September 2015 |
| Place of death | Bellingham , Washington , United States |