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Athlete Bio#
Height
5'5"
Age
43
Hometown
Marblehead, MA
Education
Marblehead High School (Marblehead, Mass.) ‘00 University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill ’05, History
Personal
Daughter of Steve Flanagan and Cheryl Treworgy...Has one brother, John, and one sister, Maggie...Married to Steve Edwards...Father also participated on a U.S. world cross-country team...Mother is a former women’s marathon world-record holder...In 2008, became only the second American woman to win an Olympic medal in the 10,000-meter (bronze)...Was born with an extra bone in her foot...Participated in soccer and swimming in high school.Career Highlights
- Two-time national marathon champion (2010, 2012)
- Three-time national outdoor champion (2005, 2008, 2011)
- Four-time national cross country champion (2004, 2005, 2010, 2011)
- Two-time U.S. Outdoor Championships runner-up (2003, 2009)
- Two-time national 5,000-meter road champion (2007, 2008)
- 2004 Olympic Games, did not advance from her heat in 5,000m
- 2008 Olympic Games, bronze in 10,000m, 10th in 5,000m
- 2012 Olympic Games, 10th in marathon
Olympic Experience
- 4-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
- Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 6th (Marathon - Women)
- Olympic Games London 2012, 9th (Marathon - Women)
- Olympic Games Beijing 2008, silver (10000m - Women), 9th (5000m - Women)
- Olympic Games Athens 2004, 22th (5000m - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2015 – 6th (10000m - Women)
- Years of participation: 10000m - Women 2009, 2015; Half Marathon - Women 2012; Individual Cross Country Long Distance - Women 2010, 2011; Team Cross Country Long Distance - Women 2010, 2011; 5000m - Women 2005, 2007
- Medals: 3 (3 bronze)
- Bronze – 2011 (Individual Cross Country Long Distance - Women, Team Cross Country Long Distance - Women); 2010 (Team Cross Country Long Distance - Women)
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