# Joan Benoit Samuelson

> Joan Benoit Samuelson, née Joan Benoit, is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman in that race for 28 years. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.

*American distance runner*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joan-benoit-samuelson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1957-05-16
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 9.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #236

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/JBSamuelson (@JBSamuelson)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [جوان بنوا سامويلسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [جوان بنوا سامويلسون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [جۆون بێنۆیت](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8E%D9%86%DB%86%DB%8C%D8%AA)
- [Joan Benoitová](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoitov%C3%A1)
- [Joan Benoit](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [جون بنویت](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA)
- [Joan Benoit](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [ג'ואן בנואה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94)
- [Joan Benoit](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [ジョーン・ベノイト](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88)
- [ჟოან ბენუა](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9F%E1%83%9D%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90)
- [조앤 베노잇](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%95%A4_%EB%B2%A0%EB%85%B8%EC%9E%87)
- [Joan Benoit](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Joan Benoit](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Benoit)
- [Бенуа, Джоан](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241737)

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