Gillian Horovitz

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| name = Gillian Horovitz
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| nationality = British (English)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|6|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bromley, Kent, England

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| spouse = Israel Horovitz

| children = 2

| sport = Athletics

| event = long distance

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Gillian Pamela Horovitz (née Adams; born 7 June 1955) is an English female retired long-distance runner. She competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the women's marathon.

Biography

In June 1979, Adams finished second behind Joyce Smith at Sandbach in the British national marathon.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19790618/011/0011 |title=Joyce shatters record |work=Staffordshire Sentinel |date=18 June 1979 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=14 March 2025 }}

Adams won the 1980 Paris Marathon.{{cite web|url=http://marathonandbeyond.com/choices/Kislevitz2011.pdf|title=Gillian Adams Horovitz, A life defined by running well|website=Maratho nand Beyond}}

Adams married American screenwriter Israel Horovitz, in late 1981 and competed under her married name thereafter.{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=268076398:0805&d=bmd_1740370513 |title=Marriages |website=Free BMD |access-date=14 March 2025 }}

Horovitz represented England in the marathon, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41469|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028013825/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41469|url-status=dead}}

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{GBR}} and {{ENG}}
rowspan=4\|1980 \|Tokyo Marathon \|Tokyo, Japan \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Marathon \|2:40:53
London Marathon \|London, United Kingdom \|10th \|Marathon \|2:42:14
Paris Marathon \|Paris, France \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Marathon \|2:49:42
New York City Marathon \|New York City, United States \|5th \|Marathon \|2:37:55
1981 \|London Marathon \|London, United Kingdom \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Marathon \|2:40:44
1986 \|New York City Marathon \|New York City, United States \|22nd \|Marathon \|2:46:32
1987 \|New York City Marathon \|New York City, United States \|9th \|Marathon \|2:47:05
1988 \|New York City Marathon \|New York City, United States \|13th \|Marathon \|2:42:18
1998 \|Commonwealth Games \|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \|4th \|Marathon \|2:46:58

colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR}} and {{ENG}}

rowspan=4|1980

|Tokyo Marathon

|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Marathon

|2:40:53

London Marathon

|London, United Kingdom

|10th

|Marathon

|2:42:14