Jacqueline Gareau
Jacqueline Gareau ( born March 10, 1953 in L' Annunciation, Rivière- Rouge, Quebec ) is a former Canadian marathon runner.
In 1978 she won the Ile- d'Orleans Marathon and the Niagara Falls Marathon. The following year she won the Ottawa Marathon, at the Montreal Marathon and was third at the New York City Marathon.
In 1980 she won the Boston Marathon. The ceremony was performed a week late, since you first held the sports cheater Rosie Ruiz for the winner. In the fall she finished second in Montreal and at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon.
In 1981, she finished fifth in Boston. In the following season was followed by a second place in Boston a victory at the Freihofer 's Run for Women and a third place in Montreal. In 1983, she was again runner-up in Boston, at the Fifth World Athletics Championships in Helsinki and second in Chicago.
In 1984 she triumphed at once discharged Los Angeles International Marathon but had to retire at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In Chicago, she was eighth.
In 1985, she finished second at the Houston Marathon, Sixth with the Pittsburgh Marathon, Ninth in New York City and Canadian champion in the 10,000 m. In 1987 she won again in Montreal, 1988, she placed seventh at the London Marathon.
Three times she won the Mount Washington Road Race ( 1989, 1994, 1996).
Jacqueline Gareau living as a massage therapist in Sainte- Adèle.