Gorman Michiko, the pioneer of women's marathon.

Gorman Michiko? Danielle Mica was born in Qingdao and immigrated to the United States, creating a precedent for women's horse racing. Her parents are both Japanese, but she was born in Qingdao on August 9th, 1935. She visited Michiko (formerly known as Gorman) because her father served in the Japanese Imperial Army and was stationed in China at that time. During World War II, she and her twin brother left Tokyo before being bombed and razed to the ground by American troops. At the age of 8, she helped her little brother survive and walked six miles back and forth to school every day. 195 1 year, one of the first signs of Japan's re-emergence from failure was to send a marathon team to Boston, including the champion, Shigeki Tanaka, the founder of the Japanese Marathon. "However, in Japan in those days, no women ran marathons. Women can't do such public things, "Gorman told the reporter of Operation Times on 20 10. Therefore, she is regarded as the forerunner of famous Japanese female marathon runners, including two-time Olympic gold medal winners, and she is also an American female athlete who plays an important role in history.

? MastersTrack started running 1963 because he wanted to gain weight. At the age of 28, she moved to the United States to work and study in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She married businessman Michael Gorman and moved to Los Angeles with him. There, she may be the only one who wants to gain weight by running. "My thin figure always embarrasses me (5ft/152cm, 87lb/39kg). My husband took me to the gym, where he was a member, so I started running, "she said at 20 10. Although the male members of the gym disagreed, she persisted in the sport and met her first tutor. He encouraged her to take part in the 100 mile /24 hour indoor competition in the gymnasium. The first time she participated, she stopped at 86 miles and was exhausted, but the next year she signed up again and finally completed four indoor super competitions this year. She also tried cross-country running, which is slightly familiar to women, and began to win. She met Laszlo Tabori, a Hungarian athlete and coach who lived in Los Angeles. He had coached Guilin Jia Han Sen and other excellent male and female athletes.

? Boston Globe /GETTY IMAGES entered the marathon world and swept the medals in major events. After trying cross-country running, Gorman finally came to the door of the marathon. At that time, the female runner had just been officially recognized in the event, and only seven results were achieved in three hours. The first record is 2 hours, 46 minutes and 30 seconds set by Adrian Beams from Australia at 197 1 Wallaby, Melbourne. 1973 65438+In February, Gorman's first horse, the Calver Western Hemisphere Marathon in California, ran for 2 hours, 46 minutes and 36 seconds, only 6 seconds slower than Beams' record. However, although the performance of Bimms has been accurately measured, it is more like a trial run, so it has not been recognized, so Gorman's performance has become a world record. Gorman is 38 years old. Four months later, she won the Boston Marathon women's championship with 1974, and the official record was 2 hours and 47 minutes 1 1 sec. 1975, she is second only to Kim Mei Lite in New York State. Next, from 1976 to 77, she won the new york Horse and the Boston Horse for three consecutive times. She was 42 years old and a novice mother when she won three consecutive championships in new york. Gorman's personal best score (PB) in new york was 1976, 2 hours and 39 minutes1sec, (the world's best score at that time was 2 hours and 38 minutes1sec in Han Sen), which was really an amazing performance. In the first five-district city marathon, she was 0/4 minutes ahead of the second place Doris Heidi Zhu Brown/KLOC, including pebbles, fences, sharp turns, footbridges and stairs. In addition, on the way, the relatively mini Gorman collided with a Great Saint Bernard on a narrow bridge.

1On April 8th, 977, Gorman, 4 1 year-old, won the Boston Marathon women's championship at 2:47: 1 1, and Jerome Drayton won the men's championship at 2: 14:46 on the right. ? Runningmagazine.ca is a low-key champion. The little giant died of cancer. Avon Women's Road Running Association arranged for Gorman and her children to return to Japan as ambassadors and role models for Japanese female runners. The world record for her half marathon came from 1978, but she was injured in that half horse, which also ended her marathon career. Because of shyness and retirement, Gorman gave up the sport and lived with the daughter of a top yoga teacher who lived in Vancouver at that time, and then they moved to Carlsbad, California. Although unwilling to accept external honors, Gorman was honored as a "representative runner in 1960s+0970s" by new york Road Running Association (NYRR) in 2009, and was also recognized by USATF Hall of Fame (1996), American Road Running Club (RRCA) Hall of Fame (200 1) and National Long-distance Running Association. 198 1 year, a film called "リトルチャンピォンンンン Mini Champion" (called "My Champion" in America). Gorman Michiko was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 20 10, and was declared to be recovered on the eve of attending the NYRR hall of fame ceremony in 20 12, but her cancer recurred in 20 13. After fighting cancer for five years, she died in Bellingham, Washington, USA on September 15 at the age of 80.

In his later years, Gorman and his daughter Danielle Mika. ? Daniel mika