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Clare Eichner

American distance runner

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5126159 ↗
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Clare Eichner-Taylor (born December 7, 1969) is a retired female long-distance runner from the United States, who is best known for winning the women's 3000 metres at the 1993 Summer Universiade.

Representing the Wisconsin Badgers track and field team, Eichner won the 1500 m and 3000 m at the 1993 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 1993, 1500—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969-12-07. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Clare, Eichner and American providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Clare Eichner” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.