Joan Benoit Autographs
Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman in that race for 28 years. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.
Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Benoit took to long-distance running to help recover from a broken leg suffered while slalom skiing. At Bowdoin College, she excelled in athletics. In 1977, after two years at Bowdoin, she accepted a running scholarship to North Carolina State, where she began concentrating solely on her running. She earned All-America honors at NC State in both 1977 and 1978. In 1978, she helped lead the Wolfpack to the Atlantic Coast Conference cross-country championship. She won the Broderick Award (Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate cross-country runner for 1979–80.
After returning to Bowdoin to complete her degree, she entered the 1979 Boston Marathon as a relative unknown. She won the race, wearing a Boston Red Sox cap, in 2:35:15, knocking eight minutes off the competition record. In 1981, she captured the U.S. 10,000 meter championship, posting a time of 33:37.50. Despite having surgery on her Achilles tendons two years earlier, she repeated her marathon success with a victory in 1983, setting a course record of 2:22:43. That took more than two minutes off the world's best time, set by Norway's Grete Waitz in the London Marathon only a day earlier. Her Boston record was not broken for another 11 years.
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Current items with a signature of Joan Benoit
These are the most current items with a signature of Joan Benoit that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | JOAN BENOIT SAMUELSON **Signed postcard** | $21.98 |  |
 | Running Tide stated 1st Ed. (Signed by U.S. Olympic Athlete Joan Benoit), hc | $64.48 | |
Traded items with a signature of Joan Benoit
The most expensive item with a signature of Joan Benoit (BILL RODGERS JOAN BENOIT SAMUELSON SIGNED WHEATIES BOX BOSTON MARATHON OLYMPICS) was sold in April 2012 for $99.99 while the cheapest item (Joan Benoit Samuelson Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo Olympic Runner Boston Marathon) found a new owner for $0.01 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (6) was December 2025 with an average selling price of $59.99 for an autographed item of Joan Benoit. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2012 with $99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was September 2023. In average, an autographed item from Joan Benoit is worth $7.86.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Joan Benoit were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Latest News about Joan Benoit
Stopping For A Drink Tote Bag for Sale by Deborah Benoit (02/25/2019): Stopping For A Drink Tote Bag by Deborah Benoit. The tote bag is machine washable, available in three different sizes, and includes a black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All totes are available for worldwide shipping and include a money-back guarantee. 
Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson to participate in the .US National 1 (11/13/2014): ALEXANDRIA -- Olympic champion Joan Benoit Samuelson , winner of the first Olympic women’s marathon, will be part of the festivities at the 2014 .US National 12K in Alexandria, Virginia on Sunday, Nov. 16.
