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Statue Honors Boston Marathon Pioneer Bobbi Gibb. She’s Not Just the Subject—She’s the Sculptor, Too
The bronze tribute honors the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon and caps a nearly decade-long fundraising effort, organizers said.
- Earlier this month, running pioneer Bobbi Gibb unveiled her self-portrait statue, "The Girl Who Ran," at the Boston Marathon start line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, honoring her 1966 finish as the first woman to complete the race.
- Officials rejected Gibb's 1966 application, claiming women were "not physiologically capable" of running 26.2 miles; she hid in nearby bushes before joining the race anyway, finishing in 3 hours, 21 minutes, and 40 seconds.
- Gibb, an accomplished artist, sculpted the bronze figure wearing the baggy Bermuda shorts and leather nurse's flats she wore during her historic run, joining other tributes like BAA official George Brown and charity icons Rick and Dick Hoyt along the course.
- About 14,000 women are expected to run Monday, representing nearly half of the participants, and the statue serves as a tribute greeting them as they prepare to toe the line in Hopkinton.
- This celebration comes 60 years after Gibb's feat, marking her enduring influence on gender equality in sport; only about 16 statues of women in sport exist across the United States, underscoring the rarity of such recognition.
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Statue honors Boston Marathon pioneer Bobbi Gibb. She's not just the subject—she's the sculptor, too
There was only one sculptor qualified to capture the combination of pain and satisfaction that Bobbi Gibb felt when she became the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon.
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How Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, transformed her sport into art - The Boston Globe
In 1966, 23-year-old Bobbi Gibb became the first female finisher of the Marathon. One setback prohibited her from basking in the glory of this accomplishment: her gender.
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