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Merel de Knegt

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Merel de Knegt
Personal information
Full nameMerel de Knegt
Born (1979-05-09) 9 May 1979 (age 45)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Updated on 11 April 2010

Merel de Knegt (born 9 May 1979 in Tilburg) is a Dutch runner. She is the sister of Gerben de Knegt. Her sole major international outing for the Netherlands was the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, where she came 47th overall.[1]

She won the 2009 Rotterdam Half Marathon.[2] She finished tenth at the 2010 edition, but her time of 2:38:41 was a personal best and as the top domestic finisher she was elected the Dutch champion.[3] At the 2012 CPC Loop Den Haag (The Hague), de Knegt reached the podium with a third-place finish.[4]

Career highlights

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Dutch National Championships
2006 - The Hague, 3rd, Half marathon
2007 - Schoorl, 1st, 10 km
2007 - The Hague, 1st, Half marathon
2009 - Tilburg, 1st, 10 km
2010 - Rotterdam, 1st, marathon (10th overall in Rotterdam Marathon)

Personal bests

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Distance Mark Date Location
10 km 33:09 14 February 2010 Schoorl
15 km 51:43 18 November 2012 Nijmegen
20 km 1:12:32 8 October 2006 Debrecen
Half marathon 1:14:21 17 March 2007 The Hague
Marathon 2:35:05 14 November 2012 Eindhoven

References

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  1. ^ de Knegt Merel. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-22.
  2. ^ IAAF, September 13, 2009: Kitwara blazes 58:58 in Rotterdam
  3. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2010-04-11). Makau storms 2:04:48 in Rotterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
  4. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2012-03-12). Five runners under 60 minutes in The Hague. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-22.