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Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry
Personal information
Birth nameJudy Shapiro
NationalityAmerican
Born (1942-09-03) September 3, 1942 (age 81)
Brooklyn, New York
Home townSunland-Tujunga, California
Alma materUniversity of California Riverside
SpouseDennis Ikenberry
Sport
SportTrack and field athletics
EventMarathon
Coached byDennis Ikenberry
Achievements and titles
National finals

Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born September 3, 1942) is a former long-distance runner.[1] Shapiro-Ikenberry won the 1967 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Las Vegas Marathon, and was the first USA Marathon Championships winner for women in 1974, at the AAU National Women's Marathon. She also won the 1977 US National 50-Mile Track Ultramarathon Championship.

Early and personal life[edit]

She was born Judy Shapiro in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents, and had two older brothers.[2][3] Her father was an aeronautics engineer.[3] Her family moved to Sunland-Tujunga, north-east of Los Angeles, in Southern California when she was one year old.[3][2]

In 1965 she married Dennis Ikenberry, her coach, and in the late 1960s they adopted two children and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah; in 1971 they moved to San Bernardino, California.[4][3][5] Shapiro-Ikenberry attended the University of California Riverside, and was Class of 1965.[1][6][3] She now lives in Crestline, California.[2]

Running career[edit]

She had a 5th-place finish at the 1960 United States Olympic Trials in the 800 metresinAbilene, Texas.[1][6][3][7] There, at 17 years of age she was the youngest runner.[3]

At the 1961 USA National Track & Field Championships, she finished fourth in the 800m and fifth in the 400 metres.[1]

She competed in the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a bronze medal in the 800 m.[8][9]

Shapiro-Ikenberry won the 1967 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Las Vegas Marathon, in 3:38.[1][10][11]

In 1973, she won the Mission Bay Marathon in San Diego, California, in 3:00:05.[3] In 1974 Shapiro-Ikenberry again won the race, at the 1974 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, this time in 2:54:08.[3]

Shapiro-Ikenberry was the first USA Marathon Championships winner for women in 1974, at the AAU National Women's Marathon in San Mateo, California, with a time of 2:55:17.[1][6][3][7][12]

In 1977, she won the US National 50-Mile Track Ultramarathon Championship.[1]

Halls of Fame[edit]

Shapiro-Ikenberry was inducted into the University of California Riverside Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992.[1] In 2013, she was inducted into the Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame.[8][13] She was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.[14][15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (1992) - UC Riverside Athletics Hall of Fame". UC Riverside Athletics.
  • ^ a b c Amby Burfoot (July 16, 2020). "The Abilene 800 and The Birth of American Women's Distance Running". LetsRun.com.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j Amby Burfoot (2016). First Ladies of Running: 22 Inspiring Profiles of the Rebels, Rule Breakers, and Visionaries Who Changed the Sport Forever, Rodale Books, ISBN 1609615646.
  • ^ Ron Kaplan (2015). The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games, Skyhorse, ISBN 1632204940.
  • ^ Richard Benyo, Joe Henderson (2002). Running Encyclopedia, Human Kinetics, ISBN 0736037349.
  • ^ a b c "Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry | SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 30th Anniversary". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  • ^ a b Stump, Kelley (February 1, 2016). "Women Who Shaped Running to Speak L.A. Marathon Weekend". Runner's World.
  • ^ a b "Sportscene; Halls of Fame," Maccabi USA, Fall 2013.
  • ^ "AMERICANS TAKE 3 TRACK EVENTS; U.S. Also Wins Gold Medal in Rifle at Tel Aviv". The New York Times.
  • ^ Bob Walton (January 26, 1967). "Girls Finish Grueling Run Of 26 Miles". San Bernardino Sun.
  • ^ Betsey Helfand (November 13, 2016). "Las Vegas marathon ready to take over the Strip". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  • ^ "Rise and Shine". CivMix. February 10, 2020.
  • ^ "The Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame". The Ultimate Sports Guide 213 Baseball Edition. September 30, 2013.
  • ^ "New Inductees | SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 30th Anniversary". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  • ^ Staffieri, Mark (June 18, 2020). "PWHPA Spotlight: Chelsey Goldberg | Part Two". Women's Hockey Life.
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