Liane Winter
German long-distance runner (1942–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liane Winter (June 24, 1942 – January 17, 2021) was a former West German long-distance runner, who was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations as having set a world best at the Boston Marathon on April 21, 1975 with a time of 2:42:24.[1][nb 1] Winter, the first woman from outside the United States to win Boston, only briefly held the mark as her countrywoman, Christa Vahlensieck, turned in a 2:40:16 performance in Dülmen twelve days later.[1][2] Winter's 1975 performance at Boston was aided by a "25-mile-an-hour tailwind",[3] after which she asked for a beer through her translator.[4] At the 1976 Boston Marathon, she finished in tenth place.[5]