Marleen Renders (born 24 December 1968, in Diest) is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000. In 1995 she won the Antwerp Marathon, in 1998 the Berlin Marathon, and she triumphed twice in the Paris Marathon in 2000 and 2002 (with a personal best of 2:23:05).
She was victorious at the Berlin Half Marathon in 1997 and 1998 and was the 2003 winner of the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in the Hague.City-Pier-City Half Marathon - List of winners She won the 20 km of Brussels nine times consecutively from 1996 to 2004, which included a course record run of 1:07:46 in 2002.Civai, Franco (2010-06-03). Brussels 20 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.
Renders also competed in cross country running and won Belgium's 1996–97 Lotto Cross Cup series.Palmares . Lotto Cross Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
Achievements Representing 1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece3rd10,000m33:59.361987World ChampionshipsRome, Italy12th10,000 m32:12.511988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea21st (h)10,000 m32:11.49 (h)1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland10th10,000m32:11.181995Antwerp MarathonAntwerp, Belgium 1stMarathon2:31:26Reims MarathonReims, France 3rdMarathon2:28:571996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States25thMarathon2:36:27Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany 3rdMarathon2:27:421997Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands 2ndMarathon2:25:56Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany 3rdMarathon2:26:181998London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom4thMarathon2:27:30European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5thMarathon2:29:43Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany 1stMarathon2:25:222000Paris MarathonParis, France 1stMarathon2:23:43Olympic GamesSydney, Australia—MarathonDNF2001London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom11thMarathon2:28:31World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada18thMarathon2:33:25Amsterdam MarathonAmsterdam, Netherlands 2ndMarathon2:29:312002Paris MarathonParis, France 1stMarathon2:23:05European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany—MarathonDNF2003City-Pier-City LoopThe Hague, Netherlands 1stHalf Marathon1:09:54Hamburg MarathonHamburg, Germany4thMarathon2:28:312005Frankfurt MarathonFrankfurt, Germany 2ndMarathon2:26:26
References
External links Vlaamse Atletiekliga marathoninfo