Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Names of Interest of Boston Marathon Winners

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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