Édouard Fabre
Fabre in 1915
Personal information
Born(1885-08-21)August 21, 1885
Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, Canada
DiedJuly 1, 1939(1939-07-01) (aged 53)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportMarathon

Édouard Fabre (August 21, 1885 – July 1, 1939) was a Canadian marathon runner.[1][2]

Born in Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, he won the Boston Marathon in 1915, with a time of 2:56:41.8.[3] In 1914, he had come in second in the Boston Marathon to fellow Canadian James Duffy. In 1964, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[1]

Parc Édouard-Fabre in Montreal is named in his honour.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Edourd Fabe". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. "Édouard Fabre". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. Cooper, P.L. (1998). The American Marathon. Syracuse University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780815605201.


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