Priscilla Welch
Priscilla Welch ( June Priscilla " Cilla " Welch, born Mayes, born November 22, 1944 in Bedford ) is a former British marathon runner.
Before she started at the age of 35 years as members of the British Army with the running, it was unsportsmanlike and smoker. As early as 1980 it was the first time under three hours, and in 1983 it was decades the London Marathon, won the Enschede Marathon and was third at the New York City Marathon. The following year she finished sixth at the Osaka Women's Marathon and second in London. A sixth place in the premiere of the Women's Olympic Marathon followed at the Games in Los Angeles a victory at the Columbus Marathon.
In 1985, she was fourth, respectively with the Pittsburgh Marathon as well as in Columbus and Fifth in New York City in 1986 and third at the Chicago Marathon. In 1987 he moved to a sixth place at the Nagoya Marathon second place in London. Your time of 2:26:51 h was not only a British record, but also a world record for the age group W40, which lasted until 2008. In the fall, she became the oldest winner so far in New York City. In 1988, she finished fourth in 1989 and seventh in the Boston Marathon.
A breast cancer began in 1992 their sporting career to an end.
Priscilla Welch was coached by her husband, Dave, whom she had met in the British Army. The couple moved before the 1984 Olympic Games to Boulder (Colorado) and later lived until the death of Dave, 2006 in Bend ( Oregon).