What Cuban American runner was later disqualified from the Boston Marathon?
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Jacqueline Gareau Jacqueline Gareau (born March 10, 1953 in L'Annonciation, Quebec) is a Canadian runner who won the Boston Marathon on April 21, 1980. Gareau led the women's field for most of the race, only to find another runner, Rosie Ruiz, wearing the traditional victor's laurels when she crossed the finish line. Ruiz was later disqualified after it was determined she hadn't run the entire race, and Gareau was awarded the victory in a special ceremony one week later. Her official time for the 1980 marathon, 2:34:28, was the fastest time recorded for a woman in the event's history at the time.
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Rosie Ruiz Rosie Ruiz (born 1953) is a Cuban American runner who was declared the winner in the female category for the 84th Boston Marathon in 1980, only to have her title stripped eight days after the race when it was discovered that she had not run the entire course. She is believed to have jumped onto the course about a half-mile before the finish.
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Joel Lamela Joel Lamela Loaces (born January 29, 1971) is a former sprinter from Cuba.
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Frederick Lorz Frederick "Fred" Lorz (June 5, 1884 – February 4, 1914) was an American long distance runner who won the 1905 Boston Marathon. Lorz is also known for his "finish" in the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
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Asunción Acosta Asunción Acosta (born 10 May 1954) is a Cuban sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1975 Pan American Games.
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Carlos Grisales Carlos Mario Grisales (born 24 August 1966) is a retired Colombian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. He is a two-time Olympian.
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Julio Rey José Julio Rey (born 13 January 1972 in Toledo, Spain) is a Spanish long-distance runner who mostly concentrates on the marathon race. He was banned from competition for 2 years after testing positive for mesterolone at the 1999 Rotterdam Marathon.
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Jerry Lawson (athlete) Jerry Lawson (born July 2, 1966) is a former American long-distance runner who held a national record in the marathon. In 1993, Lawson set a course record of 2:10:27 while winning the California International Marathon.
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Mary Joy Tabal Mary Joy Reyes Tabal (born July 13, 1989) is a Filipino marathon runner. She is the first Filipino marathon runner to qualify for the Olympics, which she has done by running a time of 2:43:29 in the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon in 2016. She placed 124th at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez (1928 – June 21, 1980) was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing.
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Alan Culpepper Alan Culpepper (born September 15, 1972) is an American distance runner and two time United States Olympian (2000 & 2004). Along with competing on four World Championship teams, his accomplishments include finishing fourth in the Boston Marathon in 2005, winning the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon and finishing 12th at the 2004 Olympic marathon in Athens. His 2:09:41 at the 2002 Chicago Marathon tied him with Alberto Salazar for the fastest ever debut marathon by an American, and remains his fastest marathon. Culpepper has won three U.S. Cross Country titles and three track titles (two at 10,000 m and one at 5,000 m). His personal bests include 3:55.1 for the Mile, 13:25 for 5k and 27:33 in the 10K.
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William McMahon (athlete) William Francis "Billy" McMahon (January 3, 1910 – February 26, 1991) was an American long-distance runner. He won the national marathon championship in 1936 and qualified for the Olympic marathon in Berlin, where he failed to finish.
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Carmen Trustée Carmen Mónica Trustée Lee (born July 16, 1948) is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career. She represented her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
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Candelario Duvergel Candelario Duvergel (1963 - 17 June 2016) was an amateur boxer from Cuba. Duvergel is better known for winning 2 consecutive Pan American Games gold medals in the light welterweight division. Duvergel was renowned for his counter-attacking prowess. He won 8 Cuban national championships but he had trouble replicating his success in international competitions, despite regularly defeating other Cuban amateur champions like Juan Carlos Lemus. Duvergel defeated Shane Mosley in 1991. Duvergel never competed in the Olympics, as Cuba boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Joel Isasi Joel Isasi González (] ; born July 31, 1967) is a former sprinter from Cuba.
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Edward F. Sheehan Edward "Ed" F. Sheehan Jr. (June 18, 1958 – May 6, 2005) was an elite athlete and coach, a native and longtime resident of Weymouth, Massachusetts, was head coach of the Boston Athletic Association, qualified for the US Olympic Marathon Trials in 1980 and 1984, and twice finished in the top 15 in the Boston Marathon (1980 and 1982).
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Ariel Hernández (boxer) Ariel Hernández Azcuy (born May 3, 1970 – April 8, 1972) is a boxer from Cuba, who won two Olympic gold medals in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg); at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He captured the world title at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, just two months after having triumphed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.
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Roberto Ramos Roberto Ramos (born 6 August 1959) is a Cuban former sprinter.
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Ana Gutiérrez Ana Gutiérrez (born September 18, 1961) is a long-distance runner who represents the United States Virgin Islands. She competed in the women's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Lázaro Borges Lázaro Eduardo Borges Reid (born June 19, 1986) is Cuban pole vaulter.
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Frank Shorter Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic success, along with the achievements of other American runners, is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during the 1970s.
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Antoni Bernadó Antoni "Toni" Bernadó Planas (born December 9, 1966) is an Andorran long-distance runner who finished 87th in Men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 49th at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 57th at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 58th at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 74th at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the first and so far only athlete to have finished five Olympic Marathons. He held the Masters M40 3000 metres world record for three years.