Olga appeal

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Olga Appell (born Avalos; born August 2, 1963 in Victoria de Durango ) is a former American long-distance runner of Mexican origin.

She only started running in 1987 when she wanted to get in shape while living in Germany after the birth of her first child. Under the guidance of her American husband, the former American obstacle runner Brian Appell, she made rapid progress and in 1989 won the Bietigheim New Year's Eve run .

In 1990 she came in 137th place at the World Cross Country Championships in Aix-les-Bains , won the Trier Stadlauf and finished ninth in the Twin Cities Marathon . The following year she was third in the Houston Marathon and triumphed in the Marathon of the Pan American Games in Havana . At the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo , she was eliminated over 10,000 m in the preliminary run.

In 1992 she won the Long Beach Marathon and the Maratón de la Comarca Lagunera . At the marathon of the Olympic Games in Barcelona she did not finish. Later in the season she won the Hokkaidō Marathon and the Monterrey Marathon .

1993 followed a second place in the Tokyo half marathon victories at the River Bank Run and the Sapporo half marathon . At the World Championships in Stuttgart she came 14th over 10,000 m, and at the New York City Marathon she came second.

In 1994 she finished third in the Tokyo Half Marathon. Shortly after receiving US citizenship on February 25, she won the Los Angeles Marathon . After victories at the Lilac Bloomsday Run , the River Bank Run and the Hokkaidō Marathon, she was second in the Arturo Barrios Invitational and sixth in the New York City Marathon in the fall .

The following year she came 14th at the 1995 World Cross Country Championships in Durham, came second at the Jacksonville River Run , won the Vancouver Sun Run and came fourth at the Berlin Marathon .

In 1996 she retired from the Atlanta Olympic Games over 10,000 m in the run and won the Twin Cities Marathon .

In 1994 she became US champion in cross-country and over 10,000 m.

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SURNAME Roll call, Olga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Avalos, Olga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American long-distance runner of Mexican origin
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Victoria de Durango