Janis Klecker

Klecker was in the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of Minnesota.{{cite web|url=http://www1.umn.edu/fsl/community/history.html |title=University of Minnesota: Office for Fraternity & Sorority Life |access-date=2010-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227144216/http://www1.umn.edu/fsl/community/history.html |archive-date=2009-02-27 }}

Her husband, Barney Klecker is a two-time champion of the City of Lakes/Twin Cities Marathon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/HP_TwCMa.htm|title=Untitled}}

Janis is the mother of six children, including Joe Klecker, who is a professional runner {{Cite web|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20848926/the-klecker-clan/|title = The Klecker Clan|date = 2 February 2012}}

As of 2009, Klecker is a dentist in Minnesota{{cite web |url=http://www.blueridgedental.com/ |title=Home |website=blueridgedental.com}}

Klecker won the 1992 US Olympic Trials marathon in Houston{{cite news |last1=Cart |first1=Julie |title=Klecker Passes With Straight A's : Olympic trials: She goes in front in last mile and leads O'Brien, Larrieu Smith onto U.S. team for Barcelona |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-27-sp-643-story.html |access-date=6 March 2020 |newspaper=LA Times |date=27 January 1992 |location=Los Angeles, California}} and went on to compete in the marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, an event in which she placed 21st. Klecker has won the City of Lakes Marathon/Twin Cities Marathon three times (1980, 1991, 1992), the San Francisco Marathon twice (1983, 1990), and the California International Marathon twice (1988, 1990).

Janis Klecker is an American record holders in the 50 K in 1983.{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanultra.org/gnc/2002usatf50k/index.htm|title = 2002 USA National 50km Championship}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/records/view.asp?division=american&location=road&age=open&sport=LDR|title=USATF – Statistics – Records|access-date=2019-12-20|archive-date=2021-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628203742/http://legacy.usatf.org/statistics/records/view.asp?division=american&location=road&age=open&sport=LDR|url-status=dead}}

Klecker finished second to Nancy Ditz in the 1985 California International Marathon, but went on to win the event in 1988 and 1990. She set a course record at the 1990 CIM with a time of 2:30:42.{{cite web|url=http://www.runcim.org/data/marhistory.html |title=CIM History |access-date=2009-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116234223/http://www.runcim.org/data/marhistory.html |archive-date=2009-01-16 }}

On Sept. 22, 1991, in Syracuse, New York, Klecker became the woman's U.S. National Champion in the 5K.{{cite book |last1=Benyo |first1=Richard |author2=Joe Henderson |title=Running Encyclopedia |date=2002 |publisher=Human Kinetics |location=Champaign, Illinois |isbn=0736037349 |page=[https://archive.org/details/runningencyclope00rich/page/228 228] |url=https://archive.org/details/runningencyclope00rich|url-access=registration }}

Klecker's PR in the marathon was 2:30:12 in Houston, Texas on January 26, 1992.{{cite book |last1=Sparks |first1=Ken |author2=Dave Kuehls |title=Runner's Book of Training Secrets |date=March 15, 1996 |publisher=Rodale Books |isbn=9780875963075 |page=197}}

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Category:1960 births

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