Nadezhda Wijenberg

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Nadezhda Wijenberg

Nadezhda Wijenberg (born Nadezhda Alexeevna Ilyina on 2 April 1964 in Kanash) is a long-distance runner from Russia, who got the Dutch nationality in 1999 by marrying her coach Ger Wijenberg from the Netherlands.

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Nadezhda "Nadja" Wijenberg lives in Schinnen, Limburg, and ran her personal best (2:28:45) in the Eindhoven Marathon, on 10 October 1999. That performance gave her a ticket for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she finished in 22nd place. She was the 2002 Netherlands national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1993 [1] and the Parelloop 10K in race in the Netherlands in 1997. [2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
1992 World Half Marathon Championships Newcastle, United Kingdom 9thHalf marathon 1:10:58
1993 Lisbon Half Marathon Lisbon, Portugal 1stHalf marathon1:09.47
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden Marathon DNF
1996 Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:34:35
1998 Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon San Diego, United States 1stMarathon2:34:17
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1999 Eindhoven Marathon Eindhoven, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:28:45
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 22ndMarathon 2:32:29
2001 Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 4thMarathon2:30:25
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 6thMarathon 2:36:06
2003 Athens Classic Marathon Athens, Greece 1stMarathon2:43:18
2004 Enschede Marathon Enschede, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:31:23
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 38thMarathon 2:39:36

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