Country Canada Sport Marathon | Name Edouard Fabre | |
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Born August 21, 1885 ( 1885-08-21 ) Sainte-Genevieve, Quebec Died July 1, 1939(1939-07-01) (aged 53)
Montreal, Quebec | ||
Édouard Fabre (August 21, 1885 – July 1, 1939) was a Canadian marathon runner.
Born in Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, he won the Boston Marathon in 1915, with a time of 2:56:41.8. 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.
Parc Édouard-Fabre in Montreal is named in his honour.
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