Gérard Côté, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian distance runner
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Place of Birth: Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec, Canada
About Gérard Côté
- Gérard Côté, (July 27, 1913 – 13 June 1993) was a Canadian marathon runner and a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon. Born in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec, Côté was training to be a boxer when he switched to running marathons.
- He competed in his first Boston Marathon in 1936 and won the race in 1940, 1943, 1944, and 1948.
- He set a new course record with his 1940 victory, and was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete of the year.
- Côté was the first francophone recipient of the award. Côté was also a three-time winner of the Yonkers Marathon and won three U.S.
- Amateur Athletic Union marathon championships.
- In 264 races over his career, Côté won 112 with 56 second-place finishes.
- He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics but leg cramps held him to a 17th-place finish.
- He was a member of the Canadian teams at the 1950 British Empire Games and the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
- Côté retired from running in 1956. Côté has been inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (1955) and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1956).
- In 1989, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec and in 1990, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
- Côté died in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec at age 79.
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