Kara Goucher (born Kara Grgas on July 9, 1978) is an American long-distance runner. She was the 10,000 meters bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She made her marathon debut in 2008 and finished third at the Boston Marathon.
She competed collegiately for the University of Colorado and was a three-time NCAA (twice in track and once in cross country) champion.
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Kara Goucher (born Kara Grgas on July 9, 1978) is an American long-distance runner. She was the 10,000 meters bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She made her marathon debut in 2008 and finished third at the Boston Marathon.
She competed collegiately for the University of Colorado and was a three-time NCAA (twice in track and once in cross country) champion.
Goucher was born in Queens, New York. When she was four years old her family (mother Patty and sisters Kelly and Kendall) moved to Duluth, Minnesota after her father was killed by a drunk driver on the Harlem River Drive. When her mother remarried, Kara took her stepfather's name, and was known as Kara Wheeler. Kara got started running in high school. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, fellow American runner Adam Goucher. Kara gave birth to a boy, Colton Mirko, on September 25, 2010.
As a runner for the University of Colorado, Goucher...
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