Greg Nance was born on September 29,1988 and is an American entrepreneur, mountaineer, and ultramarathon runner.
22 Facts About Greg Nance
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Greg Nance has received numerous awards for his public service and business leadership including recognition from the Jefferson Awards for Public Service as a "Globe Changer" in 2011 and from The Diplomatic Courier as one of the "Top 99 Foreign Policy Leaders Under 33" in 2013.
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Greg Nance was selected to attend the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Greg Nance is best known for completing 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents while battling stomach flu in February 2019.
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Greg Nance was a multi-sport athlete on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and played baseball, basketball, soccer, and football.
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Greg Nance competed in varsity tennis and baseball before running cross country and track during his senior year of high school.
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Greg Nance's fandom started at a young age, wearing his number 12 Seahawks jersey to peewee football practice.
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Greg Nance attended Bainbridge High School outside Seattle, where he served as class president and was the 2007 Washington State debate champion.
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Greg Nance received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point but chose to attend the University of Chicago, after being offered a scholarship.
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In 2011 Greg Nance earned a Gates Scholarship to the Cambridge Judge Business School.
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In recognition of his work, Greg Nance was named a "Globe Changer" at the 2011 Jefferson Awards for Public Service and received the "2019 Young Alumni Service Award" from the University of Chicago.
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In 2012, Greg Nance founded Dyad Mentorship while a Gates Scholar at Cambridge University.
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Greg Nance began running as a senior in high school and completed his first marathon in college, qualifying for the 2011 and 2012 Boston Marathon.
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Greg Nance has since completed numerous international ultramarathons, including in Chile, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the UK.
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Greg Nance is sponsored by Brooks Running, Clif Bar, Delta Air Lines, and Wentworth.
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In 2017 Greg Nance began publishing instructional articles on ultramarathon training and recovery for Brooks Running.
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In February 2019 Greg Nance completed the World Marathon Challenge where he ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents.
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Greg Nance has summited peaks in numerous mountain ranges, including the Alps, Pyrenees, Scottish Highlands, Rockies, Tetons, Cascades, Olympics, and Tibetan Highlands.
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Greg Nance grew up on the shores of Washington's Puget Sound and has been an open water swimmer since boyhood.
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Greg Nance has crossed some of the world's major rivers including the Nile, Thames, Seine, Douro, Huangpu, Moskva, and Jordan.
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Greg Nance has swum the Persian Gulf, Aegean, Andaman, Marmara, Mediterranean, and East and South China seas.
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Previously, Greg Nance boxed welterweight for the varsity team at Cambridge University and won his debut as a British amateur in 2012.