Midde Hamrin

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Midde Hamrin (born Ingrid Marie-Louise Hamrin on 19 April 1957) is a Swedish athlete, competing in the long-distance running events. [1]

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She played basketball with the Högsbo Division I Basketball Club in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1975 to 1978. In 1977, she spent the spring and summer in Los Angeles with American Högsbo basketball coach, Richard Wohlstadter. She began her track career there, training at the UCLA track and along the famous grass on San Vicente Blvd. She later received a scholarship to Lamar University in Texas where she played varsity basketball and ran track. It was there she met Andy Senorski, the track coach at Lamar. They later married, moved to Sweden, and had two children.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 7thMarathon 2:42:14
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 43rdMarathon 2:52:53
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 18thMarathon 2:36:41
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 14th10,000 m 32:18.40
1990 Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:37:07
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 4th10,000 m 31:58.25
1991 Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:36:15
Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States 1stMarathon2:36:21

References

  1. Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2009. Chicago, Ill. 2009. ISBN   9781593398392.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)