Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan competing in the 2011 World Athletics Championships
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July 8, 1981 Boulder, Colorado |
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| Residence | Portland, Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 lb (51 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.shalaneflanagan.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| College team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nike Bowerman Track Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jerry Schumacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | 2009 10,000 m, 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals |
2016 Marathon 6th |
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Medal record
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2016 Marathon 6th
2012 Marathon 10th
2008 10,000 m
Bronze
Shalane Flanagan (born July 8, 1981) is an American long-distance runner. She holds the American record times in the 3000 m (indoor), 5000 m (indoor), and 15K road race. She won the bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics in the 10,000 m, a bronze at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and was second in the 2010 New York City Marathon.
Flanagan grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. She attended Marblehead High School, where she excelled in cross country and track. She also participated in soccer and swimming, and was an artist and painter in the art major program.
Flanagan is married to Steven Ashley Edwards, a former track and field star at the University of North Carolina and at his high school Durham Academy, where he still holds multiple school and North Carolina state records. Steven is an inaugural member of the Durham Academy Sports Hall of Fame.
Flanagan's parents are both accomplished runners. Her mother, Cheryl Treworgy, is a former marathon world record holder (as Cheryl Bridges - 1971) and a five-time U.S. World Cross Country Championship participant. Her father, Steve Flanagan, was also a U.S. World Cross Country Champion participant and marathon runner. (PR 2:18) He raised Shalane and her sister Maggie in Marblehead with his second wife Monica.
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