Joan Benoit

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joan Benoit
Occupation	Runner
Date Of Birth	May 16, 1957(1957-05-16)
Age	67
Birthplace	Cape Elizabeth
Country	United States
Birth City	Maine
Horoscope	Taurus

Joan Benoit Biography

Joan Benoit is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on May 16, 1957 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States. Marathon runner who took home the gold medal in the inaugural women’s marathon in the 1984 Olympics.

She was joined by She joined Lance Armstrong as a motivational and congratulatory voice on the Nike + iPod system. as her motivational and cheerleader for the Nike+ iPod.

Benoit enjoyed success at non-marathon distances as well, winning the prestigious Falmouth Road Race (7.1 miles) a total of six times (1976, 1978, 1981–1983, and 1985), breaking the course record on four of those occasions.

Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Benoit took to long-distance running to help recover from a broken leg suffered while slalom skiing. At Bowdoin College she excelled in athletics. In 1977, after two years at Bowdoin, she accepted a running scholarship to North Carolina State, where she began concentrating solely on her running. She earned All-America honors at NC State in both 1977 and 1978, and in 1978 helped lead the Wolfpack to the Atlantic Coast Conference cross-country championship. She won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation’s best female collegiate cross country runner for 1979–80.

She had two children along together with husband Scott Samuelson.

Joan Benoit Net Worth

Joan Benoit is one of the richest Runner from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joan Benoit 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She started running long distance as a way to heal a fractured leg. She then continued to compete on Bowdoin College and North Carolina State.

She held the record for women’s marathon for two consecutive years, beginning April 18th, 1983 until April 21, 1985.

Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American Senior Grand Masters marathon runner who was the first women’s Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman at that race for 28 years. She was inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame in 2000.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Joan Benoit Dating?

According to our records, Joan Benoit married to Scott Samuelson. As of December 1, 2023, Joan Benoit’s is not dating anyone.

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She was inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in 1998, the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame in 2000, the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2004 and the USATF Masters Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2017, a plaque honoring her was unveiled in the L.A. Memorial Coliseum’s Court of Honor.

Facts & Trivia

Joan Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Joan Benoit celebrates birthday on May 16 of every year.

In 2003, at age 46, Benoit won the Maine half-marathon, defeating a field dominated by runners two decades her junior, and she was faster than all but six men overall, finishing in 1:18. In 2006, she helped pace former cycling champion Lance Armstrong as he competed in the New York City Marathon. At the 2008 US Olympic Team trials, at the age of 50, she finished in 2:49:08, setting a new US 50+ record and beating her personal goal at the time of a mid-2:50s marathon. When she ran the New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009, she broke the Senior Masters record for runners older than 50 with a final time of 2:49:09. On October 10, 2010, she ran 2:47:50 for 43rd place at the Chicago Marathon—the site of her American record a quarter century earlier—missing her goal of qualifying for an eighth Olympic Marathon Team Trials race by 1:50, but recording the fastest-ever performance by a woman over 52. Later that month she ran in the Athens Classic Marathon for fun and finished in 3:02, the slowest time of her career; she was not fully healed from her Chicago performance. In April 2011, Joan competed in the Boston Marathon, completing the course in 2:51:29 and placing 1st in her age group. Between 2013 and 2015, Samuelson ran the Boston Marathon each year, and setting three of the four fastest marathon times for the 55-59 age group. None are recognised by the World Masters Athletics since the Boston Marathon course does not comply with IAAF regulations. Her times are 2:50:33 (2013), 2:52:15 (2014), and 2:54:26 (2015). In 2019, Benoit ran the Boston Marathon again, forty years after her 1979 win. She had hoped to be within 40 minutes of her 1979 time, but did even better than that with a time of 3:04:00, within thirty minutes of her winning time, again winning her age group (60-64).

Does Joan Benoit Samuelson still run?

Fifteen years ago, she won the gold medal in Los Angeles in the first women’s Olympic marathon. Now, at 42, she still runs every day and last fall qualified for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials.

When did Joan Benoit win the Boston Marathon?

Joan Benoit wins her second Boston Marathon in the women’s division with a time of 2:22:43 on April 18, 1983.

How old is Joan Benoit Samuelson?

65 years (May 16, 1957)

How much does Joan Benoit weigh?

100 lbs

Who was the first woman to win a Marathon?

Nina Kuscsik , 33, of Huntington, N.Y., became the first woman to win the Boston Marathon, completing the 26.2-mile race in 3 hours 10 minutes 26 seconds. Seven others joined her in the inaugural women’s competition.