16 Facts About Gabriele Grunewald

Gabriele Ivy Grunewald was an American professional middle-distance runner who competed in distances from 800 meters to 5000 meters.

Gabriele Grunewald represented the United States at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and finished in ninth place in the 3000 meters.

Gabriele Grunewald was born in Perham, Minnesota to Kim and Laura Anderson.

Gabriele Grunewald competed for the University of Minnesota where she was national runner-up in the 1500 meters at the 2010 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Gabriele Grunewald turned professional in 2010, signing a contract with Brooks Sports.

Gabriele Grunewald placed 11th in the 1500 m final at 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Gabriele Grunewald was briefly disqualified on appeal from Jordan Hasay's coach Alberto Salazar that was based on contact Grunewald had with Hasay during the finals; however, Hasay later withdrew the appeal made on her behalf and Grunewald was reinstated as champion and awarded her World Championships berth.

Gabriele Grunewald placed 13th in 1500 m final at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Gabriele Grunewald placed 3rd at 2016 USATF 1 Mile Road Championships and 12th in 1500 m final at 2016 United States Olympic Trials.

In what would be her final professional race, Gabriele Grunewald ran 4:31.18 and placed 28th in 1500 m semi-final at 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 100-degree heat, in between chemotherapy treatments, and having had a fever just days before the race.

In 2013, Gabriele married Justin Grunewald, an internal medicine physician whom she first met while they were both students at the University of Minnesota.

Gabriele Grunewald had four siblings: three brothers and a sister ; her sister was killed in a drunk-driving crash in August 2021, on her way to attending a women's soccer game in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

Gabriele Grunewald was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare type of cancer, in 2009.

Gabriele Grunewald had surgery to remove a roughly five-by-six-inch cancerous tumor from her liver on August 26,2016; a surgical oncologist performed a right hepatectomy to remove the tumor as well as the affected right lobe of her liver.

In 2017, Gabriele Grunewald suffered a relapse, with a PET scan revealing 12 small, inoperable tumors in her liver.

Gabriele Grunewald died in palliative care on June 11,2019, two weeks before her 33rd birthday.