Three months later, she competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, winning the first Olympic women’s marathon in 2:24:52, several hundred meters ahead of Grete Waitz, Rosa Mota and Ingrid Christiansen.īenoit also enjoyed success at non-marathon distances, winning the prestigious Falmouth Road Race (7.1 miles) a total of six times (1976, 1978, 1981–19), breaking the course record on those four occasions.Joan Benoit Samuelson is an icon in our sport! Joan is the gold medalist from the first women’s Olympic marathon in 1984. She took the win by 30 seconds, beating runner-up Julie Brown in 2:31:04. However, she recovered from the surgery much faster than expected, and was a favorite in the trials in Olympia, Washington. In March 1984, Benoit seriously injured her knee during a 20-mile training run, forcing her to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery just 17 days before the United States Olympic Women’s Marathon Trials were scheduled. We have not got any information about Joan Benoit net worth. Origin/Native/Home Town: Not Known Joan Benoit Net Worth

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