Frank Meza Wiki, Age, Wife, Biography, Family, Death Cause & Facts

Frank Meza Wiki, Age, Wife, Biography, Family, Death Cause & Facts

Furthermore, the 70-year-old doctor completed the race in 2:53:10. But his closest competitor managed to finish the marathon in 4:10:07. This incident emerged a lot of attention as he was the first man of his age who set the record.

The authorities claimed that the retired physician cheated in the marathon. They said that he left the course and re-enter at another point. Later, Meza was disqualified from the 2019 Los Angeles Marathon.

 

In fact, the authorities examined him and declared deceased on the scene. However, the main cause of Frank’s death is not cleared. Drowning is considered as one of the possibilities.

But, the runner simply denied all the allegations and claimed he left the course to find a bathroom for a brief period of time. However, on Monday i.e. July 01, 2019, the L.A. Marathon organizers formally disqualified him.

 

Wikipedia: The retired physician, Frank Meza was born in 1950 (age 70 years old, as in 2019) in California, The United States of America.His father and mother were Mexican immigrants. Hence, he belongs to Mexican-American ethnicity.He completed his school education from Cathedral High School.Furthermore, the physician graduated and received his “Doctor of Medicine” degree from one of the elite Universities.Meza was also a former Loyola High School assistant distance coach.He also founded the Aztlan Track Club in 1974.Frank was a married man. He tied the knot with his wife “Tina Meza” about 30-40 years ago.The couple also shared children (names are not available) together.In fact, his spouse confirmed his sudden demise news to The Daily Beast.

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Tina told that Frank left the home on Thursday morning by saying that he was going out for a run. But he never returned later.Moreover, an image which went viral on the internet appeared to show that Meza had left the designated marathon area for an undisclosed amount of time.The Marathon officials then awarded “Dan Adams” for the first place in the 70-74 age group.This incident also arose various doubts on the runner’s earlier performances.He also participated during a 2014 foot race in San Francisco in which he also completed top in his age group. However, Meza was seen riding a bicycle in an image.

 

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