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. 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.

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Renders also competed in cross country running and won Belgium's 1996–97 Lotto Cross Cup series.

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Achievements

References

External links

Vlaamse Atletiekliga

marathoninfo

1968 births

Living people

People from Diest

Belgian female long-distance runners

Belgian female marathon runners

Olympic athletes for Belgium

Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics

World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium

Paris Marathon female winners

Berlin Marathon female winners

Sportspeople from Flemish Brabant

Marleen Renders