Merel de Knegt

Merel de Knegt
Personal information
Full name Merel de Knegt
Born (1979-05-09) 9 May 1979
Tilburg, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Updated on 11 April 2010.

Merel de Knegt (born May 9, 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, de Knegt reached the podium with a third place finish.[4]

Career highlights

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

Personal bests

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

References

  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.
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