Gabriela Andersen-Schiess
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Gabriela "Gaby" Andersen-Schiess (born 20 May 1945 in Zürich) is a former Swiss long-distance runner who participated in the first women's Olympic marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though living in Sun Valley, Idaho, and working as a ski instructor at the time, Andersen-Schiess is best remembered for representing Switzerland in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, and managing to finish the race despite being severely dehydrated and suffering from heat exhaustion in hot conditions.
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