Alberto Salazar
- January 5, 2024
- Runner
Quick Facts
Alberto Salazar Biography
| Name | Alberto Salazar |
| Birthday | Aug 7 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Havana |
| Birth Country | Cuba |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Parents | Marta Salazar, Jose Salazar |
| Spouse | Molly Morton |
| Children(s) | Alex Salazar, Maria Salazar |
Alberto Salazar is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on August 7, 1958 in Havana, Cuba. Record-holding distance runner who won three New York City Marathons in the 1980s.
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Born in Cuba, Salazar grew up in Wayland, Massachusetts. His father Jose was a close friend of Fidel Castro and fellow Cuban revolutionary, who became an opponent of the Communist government and member of the anti-Castro movement. The younger Salazar was an outstanding high school runner who was state cross country champion in 1975. He trained wıth the well known Greater Boston Track Club (whose members included the likes of Bill Rodgers, Randy Thomas, and Greg Meyer) where he was given the nickname of “the rookie”.
From Massachusetts he went to the University of Oregon where he won numerous All American honors, was a member of the 1977 NCAA cross country championship team, and won the individual NCAA cross country championship in 1978. Salazar won the 1978 NCAA national cross country championship in cold, snowy conditions, handing Track & Field News Athlete of the Year Henry Rono one of his few losses of the year. He finished 2nd to Rono in a memorable duel at the 1979 NCAA national cross country championships at Lehigh University, in which Rono (28:19) and Salazar (28:28) ran the 3rd and 5th fastest 10,000 meter cross country times in NCAA championship history. Neither time has been matched in over three decades of NCAA cross country competition since then. After that, he finished third in the Olympic Trials 10,000 meter race in 28:10.42 to make the 1980 Olympic team (which didn’t compete in the Olympics in Moscow due to the U.S. boycott) and received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. He broke the American indoor 5,000 meter record in February 1981 at the Millrose Games in New York (his 13:22.6 beating the old AR by nearly 20 seconds as he finished second behind Suleiman Nyambui, who broke the indoor world record with a 13:20.4). Salazar and Bill Rodgers had a legendary duel at the Gurnet Classic Beach Run in Duxbury during the 1970s. At the 1978 Falmouth Road Race after fading to 10th place, he collapsed at the finish with a temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit (41.7 °C) and was read his last rites prematurely.
His parents raised him in Cuba. He had two sons and one daughter with his wife Molly.
Alberto Salazar Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Runner |
| House | Living in own house. |
Alberto Salazar is one of the richest Runner from Cuba. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alberto Salazar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was the state cross country champion in high school.
He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. Later he began coaching Olympic level distance runners.
Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American track coach, former world-class long-distance runner, and currently under sanctions for doping offenses involving athletes he was training. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family. They moved to Manchester, Connecticut, and then to Wayland, Massachusetts, where Salazar competed in track and field in high school. Salazar is best known for his performances in the New York City Marathon in the early 1980s and his 1982 Boston Marathon victory known as the “Duel in the Sun.” He held American track records of 13:11.93 for 5,000 m on July 6, 1982 in Stockholm, Sweden and 27:25.61 for 10,000 m on June 26, 1982 in Oslo, Norway.
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Who is Alberto Salazar Dating?
According to our records, Alberto Salazar married to Molly Morton. As of December 1, 2023, Alberto Salazar’s is not dating anyone.
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In 1982 he won his first and only Boston Marathon after the famous “Duel in the Sun” with Dick Beardsley. Salazar won the race in an exciting sprint finish and collapsed at the end before being taken to an emergency room and given six liters of saline solution intravenously because he had not drunk during the race. Salazar ended the year ranked #1 in the world in the marathon by Track & Field News magazine for his wins in Boston and New York, #1 in their North American Road Rankings for his American 10K road record win of 28:04 at the Orange Bowl 10K and his course record of 31:53 at the highly competitive Falmouth 7.1-mile (11.4 km) road race (his second win and course record there), #8 in the world (and #1 American with an AR of 13:11.93) in the 5,000 meters, and #2 in the world in the 10,000 meters, with three second- place finishes at Eugene (27:30.0), at Oslo in an American Record of 27:25.61, and at Paris (27:29.06).
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Alberto Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cuba. Alberto Salazar celebrates birthday on August 7 of every year.
In 1984, after a 2nd-place finish by Salazar in the 10,000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays in 27:45.5, he finished 2nd at the men’s Olympic marathon trials (2:11:44) to become a member of the United States’ Olympic Marathon Team, along with Pete Pfitzinger and John Tuttle. He was considered a favorite to win or medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics, but finished a disappointing 15th in 2:14:19 under the hot Los Angeles sun.
Who is Alberto Salazar's accuser?
Kara Goucher , who was coached by Salazar for 7 years as a member of the Nike Oregon Project, originally accused Salazar of instructing her to use a prescribed thyroid medication to help with weight loss after the birth of her son.
Where is Mary Cain now?
Cain works all three of her jobs from the fourth-floor walk-up. She’s employed full-time as a community manager at Tracksmith , helping coordinate events and activities for the brand in New York. She’s a coach at New York Road Runners.
What nationality is Alberto Salazar?
American
How old is Alberto Salazar?
63 years (August 7, 1958)
Is Alberto Salazar married?
Molly Morton