Nancy Ditz

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

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Nancy Ditz Mosbacher

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| nationality = American

| sport = Athletics

| event = Running

| collegeteam = Stanford University '76

| coach = Rod Dixon[https://insiderunningpodcast.podbean.com/e/081-rod-dixon-part-1/ Rod Dixon Interview] Inside Running Podcast

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|06|25}}

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| height = 5 ft 6in

| weight = 122 lbs

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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Athletics at the Summer Olympics}}

{{Medal| |1988 Summer Olympics|Marathon}}

{{MedalCompetition|IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|IAAF World 1985 Championships Gateshead|15 km}}

{{MedalBronze|IAAF World 1986 Championships Lisbon|15 km}}

{{MedalCompetition|IAAF World Championships in Athletics}}

{{Medal| |1987 World Championships|Marathon}}

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Nancy Jane Ditz (born June 25, 1954, in San Jose, California) is a former American long-distance runner who is a United States national champion in the marathon.[http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAMarathon/women.asp Stats of USA Marathon Champions] USATF[https://www.arrs.run/NC_MaraUSA.htm US National Championship Marathon page] Association of Road Racing Statisticians Ditz competed in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

In her debut marathon, Ditz won the 1982 San Francisco Marathon (2:44:34).[https://www.arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1982.htm 1982 Marathon ranking] She also set a course record at the 1985 California International Marathon with a time of 2:31:36.{{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 }} Nancy worked to promote the 2009 Los Angeles Marathon with fellow Olympians Rod Dixon and Ed Eyestone.[http://lamarathonnews.blogspot.com/2009/05/marathon-legends-at-expo.html Marathon Legends at the Expo] Los Angeles Marathon News

Nancy Ditz Mosbacher is a member of the 1988 United States Olympic team. She finished first among American (17th overall) in the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon. Ditz Mosbacher graduated from Stanford while competing as a diver and crew member, and did not begin running competitively until age 25. Ditz's husband, Bruce Mosbacher, was a goalkeeper on the Stanford soccer team; their son, Jack Mosbacher, was a member of Stanford's baseball team; and daughter, Emily Mosbacher, was a member of the Harvard Women's Soccer Team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150816014159/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/About/Paralympic-Advisory-Committee/Nancy-Ditz Nancy Ditz] US Olympic Committee

She quickly found herself naturally talented in the sport. In 1982, she won her debut marathon, the San Francisco Marathon in 2:44:34. In between her debut and making the Olympic team, Ditz Mosbacher won numerous road races, including the U.S. National Marathon Championships (1985), the Los Angeles Marathon (1986, 1987), the San Francisco Marathon (1982), the Oakland Marathon (1983), and Bay to Breakers (1984). In 1985, she set a course record at the California International Marathon with a time of 2:31:36. From the 1988 Summer Olympics, Ditz Mosbacher has been a color commentator for NBC and CBS Sports through the early 2000s. She has covered events such as the 1996 Olympic Marathon Trials, the 1988 and 1989 NCAA Track and Field Championships, and the 1994 Examiner Bay to Breakers earning her a spot in the 2019 Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame Class.[https://www.rrca.org/news-articles/news-archives/2019/02/11/hall-of-fame-award-recipients Introducing the 2019 RRCA Hall of Fame Inductees and 2018 National Running Award Recipients] Road Runners Club of America

Nancy has served on the boards of Castilleja School, USA Track & Field, World TEAM Sports, the Track & Field Foundation and the USOC Paralympic Advisory Committee (PAC), as well as several boards and committees at Stanford University.[https://www.sawisland.org/about-us-2/current-leadership The Saw Island Foundation]