Greg Meyer

Article summary

Greg Meyer (born September 18, 1955) is an American long-distance runner. Meyer's winning time for the 1983 Boston Marathon race was 2:09.00. He was the last American to win the Boston Marathon until 2014, and the last person born in America to win the Chicago Marathon until 2017. He set ten American road racing records and two world records, and won the River Bank Run, in his home town of Grand Rapids, seven times. . He was inducted to the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2024.

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1. date of birth: 1955-09-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of birth: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356878235