Édouard Fabre

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Édouard Fabre
Fabre in 1915
Personal information
Born(1885-08-21)August 21, 1885
Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, Canada
DiedJuly 1, 1939(1939-07-01) (aged 53)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportMarathon

Édouard Fabre (August 21, 1885 – July 1, 1939) was a Canadian marathon runner.[1][2]

Born in Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, he won the Boston Marathon in 1915, with a time of 2:56:41.8.[3] In 1914, he had come in second in the Boston Marathon to fellow Canadian James Duffy. In 1964, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[1]

Parc Édouard-Fabre in Montreal is named in his honour.

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  1. ^ a b "Edourd Fabe". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Édouard Fabre". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ Cooper, P.L. (1998). The American Marathon. Syracuse University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780815605201.

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