Harriette Thompson, Oldest Woman to Finish a Marathon, Dies at 94The concert pianist and late-in-life runner also set a half-marathon record in June.
By Sarah Lorge Butler Monday, October 16, 2017, 3:56 pm
Harriette Thompson, the irrepressible nonagenarian who in 2015 became the oldest woman to finish a marathon, died Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was 94.
Thompson, a mother of five and a grandmother of 10, was injured in a fall on October 6, according to the Charlotte Observer. Her son, Brenneman Thompson, who ran alongside her during marathons, told the Observer she had been in hospice.
A two-time cancer survivor, Thompson was a regular at the San Diego Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon, running with Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She started running the marathon in San Diego in 1999, and ran the race every year through 2015, except for 2003, when she was undergoing treatment for cancer. She raised more than $115,000 for cancer research through her efforts. ...
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