Marianne Dickerson

Marianne Dickerson
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	November 14, 1960; Athletics
Event	Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best	2:31:09
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the United States
World Championships

Marianne Dickerson (November 14, 1960 – October 14, 2015) was a female

long-distance runner from the United States.^[1]

Personal life

Dickerson was born in St. Joseph, Illinois.

NCAA

She was a star runner first at

University of Illinois after a stint on a track scholarship to the University of Michigan. (She earned a bachelor's in general engineering from the University of Illinois and a master's in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan). November, 1980: UI cross country's Marianne Dickerson placed first at the AIAW state meet.November 1982: In the first-ever Big Ten women's cross country championship meet, Marianne Dickerson earned first-team All-Big Ten honors with a sixth-place finish.^[2] in 1983 after also earning All-American status in the 10,000m, placing third, at NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships.^[3]

Professional

Against the advice of her coach, she entered a Missouri race, a portion of the inaugural Avon Marathon series. Winning the race qualified her for the series championship in Los Angeles, where she placed second behind Julie Brown.

That race served as the qualifier to the World Championships.

1500m runner)^[6] on the track inside the stadium.^[7]

Injuries prevented her from competing in the 1984 Olympic Trials. She qualified for the 1988 trials by winning the Baltimore Marathon, but faded in the middle of those trials.

After getting her degree in Engineering, she went to the Harvard Business School. In 2015, she returned to her alma-mater high school as an assistant coach before her death.^[8]

Achievements

All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the United States
1983	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, California	2nd	2:33:45
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	2:31:09
1988	Baltimore Marathon	Baltimore, United States	1st	2:41:05 ^[9]

References

^ "A Life Remembered: Marianne Dickerson". www.news-gazette.com. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
^ Illini Women’s Athletics Begin to Take Flight in the ‘80s Illinois Fighting Illini
^ Former @IlliniWTrack Marianne Dickerson Passes Away Illinois Fighting Illini
^ America's first marathon medalist Runner's World
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2009-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) IAAF Results p459
^ "Raisa SMEKHNOVA | Profile".
^ Amy Cragg ends U.S. women's marathon drought with thrilling bronze ESPN
^ "Marianne Dickerson, Medalist in the First Women's World Marathon Championships, Dies". 19 October 2015.
^ "Untitled".

[1] "A Life Remembered: Marianne Dickerson". www.news-gazette.com. Retrieved 2015-10-17.

[2] Illini Women’s Athletics Begin to Take Flight in the ‘80s Illinois Fighting Illini

[3] Former @IlliniWTrack Marianne Dickerson Passes Away Illinois Fighting Illini

[4] America's first marathon medalist Runner's World

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2009-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) IAAF Results p459

[6] "Raisa SMEKHNOVA | Profile".

[7] Amy Cragg ends U.S. women's marathon drought with thrilling bronze ESPN

[8] "Marianne Dickerson, Medalist in the First Women's World Marathon Championships, Dies". 19 October 2015.

[9] "Untitled".

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