Jacqueline Hansen

Jacqueline Hansen ( born November 20, 1948) is a former American marathon runner.

As a student at San Fernando Valley State College (1972 renamed California State University, Northridge ), she was coached by former 1500 meters world record holder Tábori László, who was then in charge of the men's team the Los Angeles Valley College. In 1971, she witnessed how her club -mate Cheryl Bridges in the Western Hemisphere Marathon with 2:49:40 hours was the first woman at the 2:50 hour mark. Your desire to try on this currently open only for women distance walked in it just there to fulfill, and she won in 3:15:53 ​​h following year she won the Boston Marathon and thereby improved to 3: 5:59.

In 1974 she was the International Women's Marathon in Waldniel Fifth in 2:56:26 and then put in the Western Hemisphere Marathon with 2:43:55, a world record on.

In 1975, she ran at the Oregon Track Club Marathon with 2:38:19, a world record again and remained as the first woman branded 2:40 h to the financial statements, she won the Honolulu Marathon. In 1976, she was eighth in Waldniel and in 1977 she again won the Western Hemisphere Marathon. In 1978 she won the Cleveland Marathon and was on the track U.S. Champion over 50 miles in 7:14:58.

With her husband Tom Sturak and author Joe Henderson, she founded the International Runners Committee, which campaigned for it in the following years that long- distance running distance of the Olympic Games were for women. And 10,000 -meter run - After the Marathon woman was admitted to the Games in 1984, their efforts at the 5000 concentrated. Together with the American Civil Liberties Union, she complained unsuccessfully, but both distances were olympic in the sequence ( 10,000 m 1988 5000 m 1992).

From 1987 she worked as a physical education teacher and trainer. She is currently employed at Loyola Marymount University.