What is Allison Roe's middle name?
Pamela
What is Allison Roe's full name?
Allison Pamela Deed
Allison Roe date of birth:
May 30, 1956
How old is Allison Roe?
70
Where was Allison Roe born?
Auckland
What is Allison Roe nationality?
New Zealander
What is Allison Roe's occupation?
Sports Figure
Short Biography
Allison Pamela Roe, MBE (née Deed; born 30 May 1956 in Auckland) is a former long-distance athlete from New Zealand. In 1981, she won both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon. In Boston, she ran 2:26:46 to improve the course record by almost eight minutes, set the previous year by Jacqueline Gareau. In New York, she set an apparent world record with 2:25:29, to break Grete Waitz's time of 2:25:42 from the 1980 New York Marathon. However, after re-measurement, the 1981 course was found to be 150 metres short, though Waitz's 1980 record is also disputed. Also in 1981, she set a 20 km world record in Miyazaki, Japan.