Allison Pamela Roe (née Deed; born 30 May 1956) is a New Zealand politician and former long-distance athlete.
Athletics career Roe was born in Auckland in 1956. In 1981, she won both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon, becoming the second of only two women to accomplish the feat in the same year. In Boston, she ran 2:26:46 to improve the course record by almost eight minutes, set the previous year by Jacqueline Gareau. In New York, she set a world best women's marathon time with 2:25:29, to break Grete Waitz's time of 2:25:42 from the 1980 New York Marathon. However, after re-measurement, the 1981 course was found to be 150 metres short, though Waitz's 1980 record is also disputed. Also in 1981, she set a 20 km world record in Miyazaki, Japan.
In the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours, Roe was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics. In 2010, she was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.
Political career In the 2013 Auckland elections, Roe was elected to the Waitematā District Health Board and the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. In the 2016 elections, Roe joined the Rodney First ticket and stood for re-election for the Health Board and election to the Rodney Local Board. She was successful in both contests with the second most popular and most popular votes respectively.
Achievements All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise 1980Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan4th2:42:241981Auckland MarathonAuckland, New Zealand 1st2:36:161981Boston Marathon Boston, United States 1st2:26:46 1981Peachtree Road Race 10 kmAtlanta, Georgia 1st32:381981City2Surf 14 kmSydney, Australia 1st47:361981New York City Marathon New York, United States 1st2:25:29 https://www.arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1981.htm Course 150 m short on remeasurement1982Seoul MarathonSeoul, South Korea 1st2:43:122017World Masters Games (Mountain Biking)Auckland, New Zealand 1st1:12:11
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External links Official website