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Kim Gallagher

キム・ギャラガー　/　きむ・ぎゃらがー

American long-distance runner

June 11, 1964 – November 18, 2002　・　Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania
long-distance runner
middle-distance runner

My Take

Kim Gallagher is an athlete I find genuinely stirring. A middle-distance runner from Philadelphia, she took silver in 1984 and bronze in 1988, medaling at two consecutive Olympics in the brutally honest 800 metres, an event where there is nowhere to hide behind teammates or tactics. Doing that twice on the world stage is no fluke. From her Upper Dublin High School days she clearly had rare talent and the grit to sustain it near the very top. Her death in 2002 at just 38 is a real loss. Her career was short, but the marks she left on the track have not faded, and I want to keep her story alive.

Overview

Kimberly Ann "Kim" Gallagher (June 11, 1964 – November 18, 2002) was an American middle-distance runner who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kim Gallagher
Name (Japanese): キム・ギャラガー
Reading: きむ・ぎゃらがー
Born: June 11, 1964 – November 18, 2002
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Dragon
Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 165 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: long-distance runner / middle-distance runner

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Upper Dublin High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC

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