'They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. 'When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders-women fall into my arms crying,' says Switzer. and 41 percent of all marathon finishers. Thanks in large part to her efforts, women now make up 53 percent of all race participants in the U.S.

She created a running series that held events in 27 countries for over a million women and fought for the inclusion of the women's marathon in the Olympic Games. She went on to promote women's running and equality in sports it became her life's work. Images of the scuffle helped launched Switzer as a potent symbol for equality. But near mile two, race official Jock Semple-irate that a woman was in his race-grabbed her and tried to yank off her number. Below the countdown to Kathrine Switzer upcoming birthday. Kathrine Switzer will celebrate 77th birthday on Friday, 5th of January 2024. Currently, Kathrine Switzer is 76 years, 4 months and 18 days old. She registered using her then-standard signature, K.V. Kathrine Switzer is best known as Runner who has born on Januin Amberg, Germany. Weeks later, Switzer became the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon.

It was like, 'I hate you because you're free.''

'Back then, women were not supportive of a woman running,' Switzer, 64, says. On a spring afternoon in 1967, a female motorist tried to run her off a country road in central New York. Before Kathrine Switzer made history for women, a woman nearly made history of her.

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