Jock Semple
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title:
Jock Semple
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John Duncan Semple was a Scottish-American runner, physical therapist, trainer, and sports official. In 1967, as a race official for the Boston Marathon, he attempted to stop the 20-year-old marathon runner Kathrine Switzer from continuing to run and knocked down her coach when he tried to protect her. Switzer was officially entered in the race in accordance with the Boston Marathon's rule book, which at that time made no mention of sex. Semple subsequently claimed that amateur rules banned wome
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Physical therapist and sports official
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_Semple
date created:
2012-12-04T01:28:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T13:56:24Z
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