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

Grete Waitz has the most NYC Marathon titles with nine.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2022

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

For additional references, see Waitz, ‘Introduct. to Anthropology,’ Eng. translat.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles

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