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Nina Kuscsik
Nina Kuscsik (born January 2, 1939) is a retired female long-distance runner from the United States.
She was the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon, 1972. Alongside Beth Bonner, Kuscsik became the second American woman to complete a marathon in under three hours, running a time of 2:56:04 at the 1971 New York City Marathon (Bonner did so in the same race with 2:55:22).
Kuscsik is a former American women's record-holder for a 50-mile run, through
women's basketball in America.
1971 – The Amateur Athletic Union ruled that "certain women" could take part in marathons, provided they either started their race 10 minutes before or after the men or on a different starting line. The different starting line requirement was dropped in 1972.
1972 – The American President Richard Nixon signed Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972.
1972 – The American Nina Kuscsik became the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon.
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