Bev LaVeck, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Bev LaVeck

American athletics competitor (1936-2011)

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1936

Date of Death: 22-Feb-2011

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Beverly "Bev" LaVeck -Vander Veer -McCall (born Beverly Beers April 22, 1936 in Seattle, Washington - February 22, 2011 in Leavenworth, Washington) was a masters racewalker.
From the late 1970s until her death, her name was synonymous with the masters division of the sport of race walking in the United States.
She still holds numerous American records in race walking including most distances in the W60 division.
Not only was she in the record books, she was the keeper of those records for most of that time both for USATF (and its predecessor TAC) and for World Masters Athletics (and its predecessor WAVA).
She was elected into the inaugural class of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame.