Birth name Janis Kristin Horns Sport Athletics Country USA Events Marathon | Nationality American Name Janis Klecker Full name Janis Kristin Klecker Club Reebok Running Club | |
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Olympic finals Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon | ||
Get In Gear 1985 Twin Cities
Janis Kristin Klecker (née Horns) (born July 18, 1960 in Bloomington, Minnesota) is a former American long-distance runner who is a two-time United States national champion in the marathon. Klecker competed in the marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics, an event in which she places 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).
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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.
Klecker was in the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of Minnesota. As of 2009, Klecker is a dentist in Minnesota Her husband, Barney Klecker is a two-time champion of the City of Lakes/Twin Cities Marathon. Barney and Janis Klecker are both American record holders in the 50 K. Janis is the mother of six children, ages 13-21.