 Sonia Samuels at the 2012 Berlin Marathon | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 May 1979 North Shields, England [1] |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Marathon |
Sonia Samuels (born 16 May 1979) is a British long-distance runner. [2] She competed in the marathon event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia. [3] Samuels finished in seventh place at the 2017 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:29:34. [4]
World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics.
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The following tables are an overview of all current national records in the marathon, as compiled by World Athletics and other authoritative sources of road racing statistics.
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