Together they are foster parents to Breauna and Keauna. įlanagan is married to Steven Ashley Edwards, a former track and field star at the University of North Carolina. She also participated in soccer and swimming, and was an artist and painter in the art major program.

She attended Marblehead High School, where she excelled in cross country and track. Personal life įlanagan grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. She won the Women's 2017 New York City Marathon, the first American woman to do so since Miki Gorman in 1977.

She won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in the 10,000 m (upgraded from bronze following original silver medalist’s desqualification for doping) and the bronze medal at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She holds the NACAC area records in both the 10k and 15k road races. She was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977. Shalane Grace Flanagan (born July 8, 1981) is an American long-distance runner, Olympic medalist and New York City Marathon champion.

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