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Shirley Reilly (born May 29, 1985) is an American wheelchair racer who competes in track races and the marathon distance in the T53/T54 categories. Shirley Reilly. Paralympians. Retrieved on May 13, 2012. She has represented the United States at the Summer Paralympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012. She was the winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon race.
Reilly began to move towards road events thereafter, particularly the marathon. She was runner-up in the wheelchair section of the Los Angeles Marathon in 2005 and returned to following year to win the race. She became a regular performer at the Boston Marathon, coming fourth in 2005, improving to third in 2006, then taking fifth in 2007. 2006 Boston Marathon Wheelchair results. Boston Marathon. Retrieved on May 13, 2012. 2005 Boston Marathon Wheelchair results. Boston Marathon. Retrieved on May 13, 2012. She came fourth in the wheelchair race at the Peachtree 10K in 2008. Peachtree 10km 2008 . Paralympians. Retrieved on May 13, 2012. In her second Paralympic appearance, she competed in the 1500 metres, 5000 metres and the marathon (finishing seventh in the latter event). The following year she was runner-up at the Gasparilla Distance Classic, and third at both the 2009 Boston Marathon and Grandma's Marathon. She debuted in the New York City Marathon in November and took seventh place.
She came in fourth at the 2010 Boston Marathon with a time of 1:57:23 hours and set a personal best of 1:41:01 hours at the 2011 race, finishing as runner-up behind Wakako Tsuchida. Reilly represented her country at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships. She defeated Tsuchida at the 2012 Boston Marathon, beating her at the line by a margin of one second to win the Boston Marathon title and set a best of 1:37:36 hours. Shirley Reilly wins Boston Marathon’s women’s wheelchair. Boston Herald. April 16, 2012. Retrieved on May 13, 2012. Later that month she took part in the London Marathon for the first time and came in fourth after Canada's Diane Roy. 2012 London Marathon. London Marathon. Retrieved on May 13, 2012.
Personal life
Reilly is of Iñupiat heritage.
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