1. Shalane Grace Flanagan was born on July 8,1981 and is an American long-distance runner, coach, Olympic medalist and New York City Marathon champion.
52 Facts About Shalane Flanagan
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Shalane Flanagan was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977.
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Shalane Flanagan holds the NACAC area records in both the 10k and 15k road races.
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Shalane Flanagan won the Women's 2017 New York City Marathon, the first American woman to do so since Miki Gorman in 1977.
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Shalane Flanagan attended Marblehead High School, where she excelled in cross country and track.
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Shalane Flanagan participated in soccer and swimming, and was an artist and painter in the art major program.
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Shalane Flanagan's father, Steve Flanagan, was a US World Cross Country Champion participant and marathon runner.
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Shalane Flanagan raised Shalane and her sister Maggie in Marblehead with his second wife Monica.
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On January 24,2023 Shalane Flanagan announced on Instagram that she and her husband adopted a baby girl, Grace Morgan Edwards.
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Since advancing to the professional level in 2004, by 2007, Shalane Flanagan lowered her 3000 m time to 8:33.25 and her 5000 m time to 14:44.80, the latter an American record at the time; she made a slight improvement to her 1500 m time of 4:05.86.
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Shalane Flanagan became a two-time outdoor track national champion in the women's 5000 meters and an indoor track national champion in the 3000 m Shalane Flanagan won the short course competition at the USA Cross Country Championships in 2004 and 2005.
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Shalane Flanagan has been a Nike-sponsored athlete since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel hill in 2004.
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Shalane Flanagan became the long course national cross country champion for the first time in February 2008.
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Shalane Flanagan ran the 10,000 for the first time at the 2008 Stanford Payton Jordan invite meeting, in a time of 30:34.49 to beat Deena Kastor's American record of 30:50.32.
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Shalane Flanagan credited her American record to the help of New Zealand's Kim Smith.
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At the Summer Olympic Trials held in Eugene, Flanagan competed in both the 5000 and 10,000 m She won the 10,000 m final in a time of 31:34.81.
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Shalane Flanagan finished third in the 5000 m final with a time of 15:02.81.
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Shalane Flanagan set a then American record in 30:22.22, shattering her own record set earlier in the year.
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At the World Championships in Berlin, Shalane Flanagan finished in 14th place in the 10,000 m with a time of 31:32.19.
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Shalane Flanagan set the course record in a time of 1:09:45.
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Shalane Flanagan added a second national championship with a victory at the USA Cross Country Championships.
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At the World Cross Country Championships, Shalane Flanagan finished the individual race in 12th place with a time of 25:20.
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Shalane Flanagan was a member of the Team USA squad that earned a bronze medal.
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In June 2010, it was announced that Shalane Flanagan would make her marathon debut in the New York event in November 2010.
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Shalane Flanagan's preparations boded well for the event as her mark of 1:08:36 at the Philadelphia Half Marathon was just two seconds off Deena Kastor's American record at the event.
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Shalane Flanagan took her fifth title at the National Cross Country Championships and asserted herself as the clear number one in the discipline, winning by a margin of 41 seconds.
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At the World Cross Country Championships on March 20,2011, Shalane Flanagan improved on her 12th place from the year before to place third, with a time of 25:10.
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Shalane Flanagan led the Team USA squad to a bronze medal.
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Shalane Flanagan was the first non-African born medalist in the event since 2004.
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Shalane Flanagan competed in the June 2011 USA Championships in the 10,000 m and won with a time of 30:59.57, qualifying her for the 10,000 m at the World Championships.
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Shalane Flanagan said in June 2011 that she was leaning towards running the marathon at the 2012 London Olympics.
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On January 14,2012, Shalane Flanagan won the US Olympic Trials Marathon in Houston, setting the event record at 2:25:38.
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Shalane Flanagan moved on to represent Team USA at the Olympic women's marathon in London, finishing 10th with a time of 2:25:51.
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Shalane Flanagan came in 25th at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
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In June 2013, Shalane Flanagan won the 10,000 meters to claim her fourth USA outdoor track title.
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On March 15,2014, in Jacksonville, Florida, Shalane Flanagan won the USA 15K Championships, setting a new women's American Record of 47:00 to take down Deena Kastor's previous record of 47:15 that was set in 2003.
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On September 28,2014, Shalane Flanagan placed third in the Berlin Marathon, with a personal best of 2:21:14.
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Shalane Flanagan's Berlin run now ranks third on the US all-time list after Jordan Hasay's 2:20:57 at the 2017 Chicago Marathon.
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Shalane Flanagan finished 2nd to Molly Huddle in the 10,000 meters in 31:42.29 at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 25.
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Shalane Flanagan beat the national records of Lynn Jennings and Molly Huddle.
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On February 13,2016, Shalane Flanagan placed third, behind Amy Hastings and Desiree Linden, at the US Olympic Marathon Trials, finishing in 2:29:19 on a warm day in Los Angeles.
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On June 5,2016, Shalane Flanagan placed first, setting a new PR in the half marathon, at the Suja Rock'n'Roll San Diego Marathon and half Marathon, with a time of 1:07:51.
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On June 26,2016, Shalane Flanagan set an American record and won the road Boston Athletic Association 10K in Boston in 30:52.
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On December 12,2016, Shalane Flanagan was upgraded from seventh to sixth in the 2014 Boston Marathon results after winner Rita Jeptoo was disqualified for doping offenses.
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In February 2017, Shalane Flanagan announced that she had suffered a fracture in her lower back and would be withdrawing from the Boston Marathon.
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On November 5,2017, Shalane Flanagan won the Women's New York City Marathon in 2:26:53.
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Beforehand, Shalane Flanagan hinted a possible retirement with a win in NYC.
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Shalane Flanagan went to defend her title and finished third in the 2018 New York City Marathon, finishing in 2:26:22 behind winner Mary Keitany in 2:22:38 and close behind Vivian Cheruiyot who finished in 2:26:02 and just 22 seconds ahead of Molly Huddle in fourth.
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Shalane Flanagan sat in fifth at the halfway point but was able to maintain her pace while those ahead of her were slowing down trying to keep up with Mary Keitany.
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Shalane Flanagan was able to secure herself in a podium position during the race after passing two women ahead of her.
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Shalane Flanagan announced her retirement from professional running on October 21,2019, via Instagram.
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Shalane Flanagan was named as the University of Oregon assistant long-distance coach in 2022.