Competition number
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In many sports, a competition number is used to identify and differentiate the competitors taking part in a competitive endeavour. For example, runners in a race may wear prominent competition numbers
Competition numbers on bibs of competitors in the 1980 Olympic 5000m
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in the 2006 Boston Marathon with number on front of bib
2009 World marathon runner with surname on front of bib
2009 World steeplechase runners with numbers on the back of bibs
Kathrine Switzer
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Kathrine Virginia Switzer is an American marathon runner, author, and television commentator.
Competition number
…Tour de France, due to a false belief that it has been worn by more winners than any other number. 261 in the Boston Marathon, due to it being worn by Kathrine Switzer in the 1967 edition of the event, when she became the first woman to run the race as a numbered entrant. Switzer later created a non-profit organization…
Switzer at the 2011 Berlin Marathon expo
Switzer being assaulted by Jock Semple while running the Boston Marathon; taken by Harry A. Trask