Marja Wokke
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Marja Wokke (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 21 March 1957) is a Dutch former marathon runner, most active in the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
1980
In 1980, Wokke won the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in the Hague, when the race had a women category for the first time.[1] At this occasion she set a new world record time of 1:13:59.
That year, she also finished as first woman and 53th runner overall in the Amsterdam Marathon in a women's course record of 2:40:15.[2]
She was ranked fifth in the world in 1980 with her best ever performance (2:32:28), which she ran in Eugene, Oregon.
1981
In 1981, Wokke finished as first woman again and 28th overall in the Amsterdam Marathon in 2:43:38.[3]
She went on to win the inaugural Rotterdam Marathon on 23 May 1981, clocking in at 2:43:23.
Achievements
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| 1978 | Egmond Half Marathon | Egmond, Netherlands | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:19:45 |
| 1979 | Egmond Half Marathon | Egmond, Netherlands | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:27:55 |
| 1980 | Egmond Half Marathon | Egmond, Netherlands | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:19:35 |
| City-Pier-City Loop | The Hague, Netherlands | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:13:59 | |
| Amsterdam Marathon | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:40:15 | |
| 1981 | Egmond Half Marathon | Egmond, Netherlands | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:21:21 |
| Rotterdam Marathon | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:43:23 | |
| Amsterdam Marathon | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:43:38 | |
References
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- ↑ City-Pier-City Half Marathon - Race Winners, Association of Road Racing Statisticians, 13 March 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ Ab Schreijnders, "Marathon van Nijboer ideaal" (in Dutch), De Volkskrant, 28 April 1980. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ Hans van Alphen, "'Brekebeen' laat Dam volstromen" (in Dutch), Algemeen Dagblad, 11 May 1981. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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