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{{Infobox athlete
|name           = Meb Keflezighi
|image          = 16 02 13 OlympicTrials-0144.jpg
|caption        = Meb Keflezighi at the 2016 Olympic Team Trials
| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
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;2009
*He won the 2009 [[New York City Marathon]], setting a personal best of 2:09:15. Keflezighi was the first American to win the marathon since 1982.<ref name="nyt_2009_nymara_recap">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/sports/02men.html?_r=1&hp|title=Keflezighi's 'U.S.A.' Breaks the Tape |last=Zinser |first=Lynn |date=November 1, 2009 |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=November 1, 2009}}</ref>

===2010–present===

;2010
*On April 19, 2010 he ran his third fastest time of 2:09:26 while finishing 5th in the 114th [[Boston Marathon]], despite training at half his usual mileage with a knee injury. He ran with the leaders for much of the race, before slowing at the finish.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?duid=USATF_2010_04_19_12_02_56 |title=Cheruiyot breaks CR in Boston; Hall fastest American ever at race |date=April 19, 2010 |publisher=USATF}}</ref> 
* He ran the [[San Jose Half Marathon]] as part of his preparation towards a New York title defense and he comfortably won by a margin of three minutes, finishing in 1:01:45.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miyamae |first=Amana |date=October 4, 2010 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/WHM10/news/kind=100/newsid=58441.html |title=Keflezighi defends title at San Jose Half Marathon |publisher=[[IAAF]] |accessdate=October 4, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106093711/http://www.iaaf.org/WHM10/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D58441.html |archivedate=November 6, 2010 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> 
*He ran a PR in the [[2010 New York Marathon]] of 2:09:13, placing sixth place and the first U.S. finisher.

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[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field]]
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[[Category:People from Mammoth Lakes, California]]