Jacqueline Gareau

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, it being determined that she cheated, and Gareau was awarded the victory in a special ceremony one week later. Her official time for the 1980 marathon was 2:34:28.

Gareau has remained calm in the face of controversy, refusing to attack Ruiz or to elicit sympathy from the public over her "stolen" glory. She actually met Ruiz two years after the marathon as she prepared to run a 10K race in Miami, Florida. The encounter was brief and Ruiz refused (as she continues to do) to concede that she did not win the 1980 marathon.

Gareau served as the Grand Marshal of the 2005 Boston Marathon and was allowed to "break the tape" in a special ceremony. She married her former coach, Montreal banker Gilles Lapierre.

External links

* [http://www.davidblaikie.com/david_blaikie/boston/baa_1980.htm "Boston: The Canadian Story"] by David Blaikie
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010517032409/http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20000416/FP_001.htm "Faker Still Famous 20 Years Later"] "(web archive version)" by Bill Burt
* [http://www.cycles-lapierre.fr/webfilesUSA/indexUSA.htm Lapierre Ultimate Cycles web site]
* [http://jacquelinegareau.com Jacqueline Gareau's official web site]


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