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'''Jeanne Daprano''' (born September 16, 1936) is a retired elementary school teacher and [[Masters athletics world records|world record]] setting American [[masters athletics|masters]] [[track and field]] athlete. On July 21, 2012, she became the first woman over 75 to run under seven minutes in the [[mile run]]. She had also taken the same honor for 70 year olds, 4 years earlier.<ref name=rt>http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=12137&PageNum=&CategoryID=</ref> |
'''Jeanne Daprano''' (born September 16, 1936) is a retired elementary school teacher and [[Masters athletics world records|world record]] setting American [[masters athletics|masters]] [[track and field]] athlete. On July 21, 2012, she became the first woman over 75 to run under seven minutes in the [[mile run]]. She had also taken the same honor for 70 year olds, 4 years earlier.<ref name=rt>http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=12137&PageNum=&CategoryID=</ref> |
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While she had always been active on her Iowa farm or playing [[basketball]] in high school and college in Nebraska, she didn't take up running until she started jogging on the beach while working on her masters degree in California.<ref name=rt/> She spent the majority of her career just keeping active with her third grade class in [[Long Beach, California]] and didn't get into a serious jogging routine until she was 45. She finally got serious about running competitively after turning 60. Since then she has set records in each age division she has passed through. |
While she had always been active on her Iowa farm or playing [[basketball]] in high school and college in Nebraska, she didn't take up running until she started jogging on the beach while working on her masters degree in California.<ref name=rt/> She spent the majority of her career just keeping active with her third grade class in [[Long Beach, California]] and didn't get into a serious jogging routine until she was 45.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/sports/track-and-field-masters-jeanne-daprano-75.html</ref> She finally got serious about running competitively after turning 60. Since then she has set records in each age division she has passed through. |
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Revision as of 06:23, 22 July 2012
Jeanne Daprano (born September 16, 1936) is a retired elementary school teacher and world record setting American masters track and field athlete. On July 21, 2012, she became the first woman over 75 to run under seven minutes in the mile run. She had also taken the same honor for 70 year olds, 4 years earlier.[1]
While she had always been active on her Iowa farm or playing basketball in high school and college in Nebraska, she didn't take up running until she started jogging on the beach while working on her masters degree in California.[1] She spent the majority of her career just keeping active with her third grade class in Long Beach, California and didn't get into a serious jogging routine until she was 45.[2] She finally got serious about running competitively after turning 60. Since then she has set records in each age division she has passed through.