Waitz

American

[vahyts] / vaɪts /

noun

Greta, 1953–2011, Norwegian distance runner.

Waitz British

/ vaɪts /

noun

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

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Instead she was running in the wake of pioneers such as Kathrine Switzer, Bobbi Gibb and Waitz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024

“That caused much disappointment and reduced the excitement and the hopes for a quick finalization of the trade agreement with Mercosur,” Waitz said in an interview.

From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2023

Norwegian runner Grete Waitz, 57, who’d won nine New York marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died in Oslo.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2021

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

From Fox News ● Nov. 4, 2018

Whitney and Waitz thought that all American languages proceeded from a single original one.

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