Jenny Spangler

{{short description|American long-distance runner}}

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| country = United States

| sport = Running

| event = Distance

| collegeteam = Iowa

| club = Santa Monica Track Club

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|7|20}}

| birth_place = Rockford, Illinois, United States

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Jenny Spangler (born July 20, 1963) is an American long-distance runner. She competed in Atlanta, GA in the women's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but dropped out, along with 20 other women.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/jenny-spangler-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033612/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/jenny-spangler-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Jenny Spangler Olympic Results |access-date=May 27, 2017}} By virtue of winning the Olympic Trials in 2:29:54, she was also the 1996 United States national champion in the marathon.{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAMarathon/women.aspx |title=USA Marathon Champions |work=USA Track & Field |access-date=January 25, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-marathon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-marathon.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Marathon |access-date=April 17, 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}{{Cite news|last=Longman|first=Jere|date=February 11, 1996|title=MARATHON;A New Face Emerges In Marathon|work=The New York Times|url=http://www.jennyspangler.com/jenny-spangler-bio/ny-times-article-feb.-11-1996}} She had run the best time of any U.S. Junior in 1983, clocking 2:33:52 at the Duluth, Minnesota point-to-point Grandma's Marathon.{{cite news |last1=Glenn |first1=Jordon |title=MAINE HOPEFUL FINISHES IN 13TH PLACE JOAN BENOIT SAMUELSON OF FREEPORT IS AMONG THE MARATHONERS WHO SEE AN UNKNOWN NAMED JENNY SPANGLER WIN THE U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS. |publisher=Portland Press Herald |date=February 11, 1996}} In 1984, she finished the Trials in 2:40:18, in 1988, 2:44.59, and in 2000, in 2:36:30, for 9th place.[https://www.marathonguide.com/news/exclusives/2012USAOlympicTeamTrialsMarathon/2012USAOlympicTeamTrialsMarathonWomensHistory.cfm 2012 USA Women's Olympic Trials Marathon - Complete History 1984-2008]. Retrieved April 17, 2018. In 2003 Spangler set a Masters American Record at the Chicago Marathon.Jenny Spangler website.[http://www.jennyspangler.com/jenny-spangler-photo-gallery/ChicagoMarathon2003-4.jpg/view//] Retrieved Oct 18, 2023