Greta Vaits Biography

However, Vaits participated in the summer Olympic Games of the year in Munich at a distance of meters, and in order to support her sports career, she studied at a pedagogical college. In adolescence, a career won national junior titles in Norway at distances and meters. At 17, she set a European record among juniors on M over time and won a bronze medal at the European Championship in this form in the year.

In the year, Waits overcame meters. A year later, in Oslo, she reduced this record with an effort of 8: 45.4, then in the year she won the gold medal at this distance at the first competition of the World Athletics Cup in Dusseldorf with a personal best time 8: 43, two years later in Montreal, she won a silver medal, she also set her personal record for all the time - 8: 31, she was 8: 31, she The M ran at the European Athletics Championships in Prague on September 3.

Vaits took 5th place, showing the best result in running at M 4: 00, this is still a Norway national record. Then it was 8th place in a race by meters. The winner was Svetlana Ulmasova with a result of 8: the New York marathon in the year her participation began in the New York Marathon; The co -founder and director of the race, Fred Lebow, invited her to run, and in her first appearance she not only won, but also took two whole minutes from the women's distance record.

Kuxi won the half marathon in San Diego on August 26 for her victorious time was the best in the world. In the year, the world record in the women's marathon was 2: 47.5, set on September 10, Krista Valencik at the Berlin Marathon. The world record was beaten on February 3, Joan Benois with a result in Auckland. In the year, the course of New York of the year was re-measured and turned out to be shorter than a meter.

She further improved her results in New York thanks to the next victory in the years. According to the Association of Statistics on Highways Arrs, ​​since September 22, Viits had a winning series of 28 races with a victory in Ti races. Vaits won the race nine times and broke the route of the track for three consecutive years. In the year, she won the New York marathon with the result of Gillian Adams took second place with the result of her victorious time in the release of the year, Patt Lyion-Katalano took second place from the year, she set the world record, which she ran.

In addition to the victories in the Marathon in New York and the World Cup in Helsinki, Vaits also won the London Marathon in and the last year with a personal record, as well as the Stockholm marathon in the year in the year, for a year, is still a record of the Stockholm highway for women. In addition, she demonstrated her versatility, successfully speaking in Cross-Kantry, winning two bronze medals, at the IAAF skiing championship and winning a gold medal five times-and her last race was a victory in Oslo.

The only significant reward that she did not receive in her career was an Olympic victory. Being a giving hope for a summer girl from Munich, and then the summer running on M in Montreal, the longest event allowed for women at the Olympic Games up to a year, she participated in competitions, but did not win medals. In the city of Norway, one of the countries that decided to boycott the summer Olympic Games of the year in Moscow.

At the Summer Olympic Games, she lost in the marathon Joan Benois, taking second place and winning a silver medal. At the Summer Olympic Games of the year in Seoul, Korea, the sore knee forced her to leave the female marathon immediately after overcoming the mark of 18 miles. She won the gold medal in the marathon at the World Athletics Championship in Helsinki. Weitz completed her last marathon on November 1 of the year with her friend Fred Lebow.

At the celebration of the flight of Lebow, after the brain was diagnosed at the beginning of the year, they both completed the New York marathon over time personal records of meters - 4: in June, it became known that it took a course of cancer treatment. She also trained Liz McColgan.

For more than 25 years, Wez was the Ambassador of the World JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge series aimed at promoting the health and well -being of full -time workers. She gave regular trainings and motivation tips. Weitz was also a representative of Avon Products. In August, it turned out that Vaits began cooperation between her old ADIDAS sponsor and the cancer treatment fund, which she founded in the year.

This can be up to millions of Norwegian crowns per year, which will go to create hospital training and investment centers in PET scanners. The death of Vaits died of cancer on April 19 at the age of 57. Whis was experienced by Jack's husband and her brothers Yang and Arild. Later, the Norwegian government announced that it would be buried with state honor at the state expense, becoming a sixth woman in the history of Norway, awarded this honor.

This was equivalent to state funerals, although in accordance with the wishes of her family the ceremony was private. She won the legacy of 13 out of 20 marathons.Her 9 victories in the New York marathon, 2 victories in the London Marathon and 1 victory at the World Cup make her record holder in the Marathon marathons of the world. It is widely recognized that Wez helps to popularize a marathon and long -distance run among women.

In Norway, she is a sports legend, and in her honor an annual race is held. There is also her statue near the Bislett stadium in Oslo, and she was depicted on many brands. In addition, her portrait is depicted on the tail of the Norwegian Air Shuttle Dreamliner aircraft, coincided, made in North Charleston, South Carolina, in the market where she won 10 km in the Charleston area in the year.

Vaits was appointed knight of the 1st grade of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olaf, awarded King Harald V Norway in recognition of its dignity. Vaits received St. Olaf medal in the year and the medal of St. Hallward in the year.