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Samuelson was born Joan Benoit on May 16, 1957, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Although women athletes were almost unheard of during Samuelson's childhood, the athletic Samuelson excelled at sports, particularly skiing, and showed herself to be a fearless competitor.

After breaking her leg during a slalom race at age fifteen, she was encouraged to incorporate running as part of her rehabilitation program. Surprisingly, running quickly replaced skiing as the young Samuelson's passion, and after the passage of Title IX opened up more athletic opportunities for U.S.

public school students in 1972 she became a star on her high school's newly formed girls' track team.

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Despite her obvious talent for running the mile, Samuelson recognized that off the track a girl runner might not be accepted by everyone in her community. As she recalled in an interview with Runner's World, on long training runs along the roads near her small town, "I'd walk when cars passed me.

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