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Waitz

American  
[vahyts] / vaɪts /

noun

  1. Greta, 1953–2011, Norwegian distance runner.


Waitz British  
/ vaɪts /

noun

  1. Grete. 1953–2011, Norwegian long-distance runner and former marathon world champion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His newest book is “The Long Run,” which discusses the 1970s running boom and is a narrative history of four who sparked the marathon boom: Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit Samuelson and Grete Waitz.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

In Brussels, European Member of Parliament Thomas Waitz told Reuters by telephone that EU negotiators had not received a Mercosur counterproposal in writing.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

Keitany joined Grete Waitz as the only women to win the marathon four times.

From Fox News • Nov. 4, 2018

“We believe some reforms were valid concerns and felt like we wanted to work to reduce the incarceration rate,” Waitz said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2018

The opinion of Waitz is highly esteemed, and that not merely because, as Mr. Max M�ller has pointed out, he has edited Greek classical works.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

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