Édouard Fabre Explained

Édouard Fabre
Birth Date:21 August 1885
Birth Place:Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sport:Marathon

Édouard Fabre (August 21, 1885 – July 1, 1939) was a Canadian marathon runner.[1] [2]

Born in Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, he won the Boston Marathon in 1915, with a time of 2:56:41.8.[3] In 1914, he had come in second in the Boston Marathon to fellow Canadian James Duffy. In 1964, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.

Parc Édouard-Fabre in Montreal is named in his honour.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edourd Fabe. Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. 6 August 2016. 7 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507151021/http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=59&catID=all&lang=EN. live.
  2. Web site: Édouard Fabre . Olympedia . 21 April 2021 . 21 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210421184116/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66037 . live .
  3. Book: The American Marathon. Cooper, P.L.. 1998. Syracuse University Press. 9780815605201. registration. 52.