My cousin just qualified to race in the Boston Marathon next April! I got curious and read a bit about it. Given his qualifying time, I wondered how much faster the winners are. (about an hour and a half faster). And I noticed quite a few interesting names. Here they are:
MEN
Stylianos - from Greece, won in 1946
Suh - from South Korea, won in 1947
Gösta - from Sweden, won in 1949
Shigeki- from Japan, won in 1951
Doroteo - from Guatemala, won in 1952
Keizo - from Japan, won in 1953
Veikko - from Finland, won in 1954
Hideo - from Japan, won in 1955
Antti - from Finland, won in 1956
Franjo - from Yugoslavia, won in 1958
Eino - from Finland, won in 1959, 1961, 1962
Paavo - from Finland, won in 1960
Aurèle - from Finland, won in 1963, 1964
Morio - from Japan, won in 1965
Yoshiaki - from Japan, 1969
Olavi - from Finland, 1972
Toshihiko - from Japan, 1981, 1987
Abebe - from Ethiopia, 1989
Gelindo - from Italy, 1990
Cosmas - from Kenya, 1993, 1994, 1995
Lameck - from Kenya, 1997
Rodgers - from Kenya, 2002 * Bill Rodgers, an American runner, won the Boston Marathon 4 times
Hailu - from Ethiopia, 2005
Deriba - from Ethiopia, 2009
Lelisa - from Ethiopia, 2013, 2015
Meb - from USA, 2014
Lemi - Ethiopia, 2016
Yuki - from Japan, 2018
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wheelchair racers *1975 on
Heinz - from Switzerland, 1994, 1996
Masazumi - from Japan, 1997
Hiroyuki - from Japan, 2007
WOMEN
*the women's division of the race officially began only in 1972
Miki - from USA, 1974
I recently saw a lady with this name as a commentator on a tv news show. Her name was said like Mikey (long I sound). Not sure if the marathon runner said her name like this, or like Mickey (short i sound). I don't know if it derives from the Hebrew name Michael or from some other origin.
Liane - from West Germany, 1975, world record 2 hrs, 42 min, 24 sec
Fatuma - from Ethiopia, 1997, 1998, 1999
Lidiya - from Russia, 2007
Dire - from Ethiopia, 2008
Teyba - from Ethiopia, 2010
Buzunesh - from Ethiopia, 2014, current course record at 2 hrs, 19 min, 59 sec
Atsede - from Ethiopia, 2016
Worknesh - from Ethiopia, 2019
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wheelchair racers *1977 on
Wakako - from Japan, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
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