Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan ( born July 8, 1981 in Boulder, Colorado) is an American long-distance runner.
Shalane Flanagan is 1,65 m tall and weighs 51 kg. In 2012 she brought a Wettlampfgewicht of 48 kilos. She grew up in Marblehead (Massachusetts), where she still lives today. Since October 2005 she has been married to Steve Edwards. Her parents are former marathon runner, her mother Cheryl Treworgy introduced in 1971 with 2:49:40 hours even on a world record. Flanagan studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The three-time NCAA champion (2002 and 2003 in cross country, while in 2003 more than 3000 m in the Hall ) Flanagan qualified in 2004 as a third of the U.S. elimination fights for the 5,000 - meter race of the Olympic Games in Athens, but different also from the semi-final as a year later at the world Athletics Championships in Helsinki. Due to injury, they had to cancel the 2006 season. The cause of the lengthy complaints a supernumerary bone in the foot turned out.
Her breakthrough came in 2007. Initially it was national indoor champion in the 3,000 m, then, as in 2005 U.S. champion in the 5000 m, set over 3000 m and 5000 m, the current North American records and was eighth in the 5000m at the World Championships in Osaka. In 2008 she first started in the 10,000 m and improved the North American record of Deena Kastor by almost 16 seconds 30:34,49 min.
A further increase their managed at the Olympic Games in Beijing, for which they had qualified as U.S. Champion. Only from Dibaba (ETH) and Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR ) beaten, she won the bronze medal and improved her own record 30:22,22 min. About 5000 m they came in tenth place.
In 2009, she turned in the hall with 14:47,62 min over 5000 m another North American record, but came at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin 10,000 m only on the 14th Place.
In 2010 she was a debutante at the New York City Marathon with a time of 2:28:39 Second h
The coached since 2010 by Jerry Schumacher Flanagan starts at club level for Oregon TC Elite in Portland. She was also in the squad of the U.S. team for the Olympic Summer Games in 2012. In London, she put the Olympic marathon course back in 2:25,51 hours. Thus, it was ranked at # 10 out of Final Ranking.
In 2013 she reached the fourth place in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:27,08 hours.
Bests
- Hall: 14:47,62 min, February 7, 2009, Boston