Dutch long-distance runner Marja Wokke at the 2012 Egmond Half Marathon, 34 years after she won this event for the first time.

Marja Wokke (born 21 March 1957 in Bergen, North Holland) is a former marathon runner from the Netherlands, most active in the 1970s.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Achievements
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Biography

Wokke won the inaugural Rotterdam Marathon on 23 May 1981, clocking in at 2:43:23. In 1980 she was ranked fifth in the world with her best ever performance (2:32:28), which she ran in Eugene, Oregon.

Wokke won the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in the Hague in 1980, when the race had women category for the first time. At this occasion she set a new world record time of 1:13:59.

Achievements

References

External links

• Marja Wokke at World Athletics