Julie Isphording Explained

Mary Julie Isphording (born December 5, 1961, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a retired female long-distance runner from the United States. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. However, she did not reach the finish line there. Isphording set her personal best in the classic distance (2:30:54) in 1989.
Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon, sculpted the 12-inch bronze figurines of a pony-tailed girl running that were given as trophies to Joan Benoit Samuelson, Julie Brown (athlete), and Isphording, the top three women marathoners at the US Olympic trials in 1984.^{[1] [2]}

Achievements

Representing the
1984		Los Angeles, United States	-	Marathon	DNF
1990	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, United States	bgcolor=gold	1st	Marathon	2:32:25

See also

• World Fit

References

• Julie Isphording. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045156/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/julie-isphording-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Finally, One for the Girls: The '84 Women's Olympic Trials Marathon. Musca. Michael. April 2008. Running Times Magazine. 2009-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715215053/http://runningtimes.com/Print.aspx?articleID=13123. 2011-07-15. dead.
2. Web site: Scorecard. Creamer. Robert W. . May 28, 1984. Sports Illustrated. 2009-08-18.