Expert: Kevin Irwin - 8/30/2001

Question
I don't know that you'll really be able to help me but I hope so. My father is a runner and has run in many marathons. He is interested in a obtaining information about a former winner of a Boston Marathon. She fraudulently one the marathon and later was stripped of her win because it was discovered that she had took a bus part of the way, and didn't actually run the entire race. My father believe's it was run between 1980 / 1985. If you could help me I would appreciate it greatly.
Thank You,
Lea

Answer
The person who are referring to is Rosie Ruiz, who cheated in the 1980 Boston Marathon.  She was stripped of her "victory" a few days later, after it became apparent that she had run no more than the last mile of the race.  He are a few pages on the story:  
http://www.who2.com/rosieruiz.html
http://search.boston.com/sports/marathon/history/1980.htm
If you go to www.google.com or another search engine and look for "Rosie Ruiz", you should be able to find a lot more info if you want it.
Hope this answers your question.