Bobbi Gibb
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Roberta Louise Gibb is an American former runner who was the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon (1966). ) as the pre-sanctioned era women's winner in 1966, 1967, and 1968.
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Roberta Louise Gibb is an American former runner who was the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon (1966). She is recognized by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) as the pre-sanctioned era women's winner in 1966, 1967, and 1968. At the Boston Marathon, the pre-sanctioned era comprised the years from 1966 through 1971, when women, who under Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) rules could not compete in the Men's Division, ran and finished the race. In 1996 the B.A.A. retroactively recognized as champions the women who finished first in the Pioneer Women's Division Marathon for the years 1966-1971.
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