Nadezhda Wijenberg (née Nadezhda Alexeevna Ilyina, born 2 April 1964 in Kanash) is a long-distance runner from Russia, who got the Dutch nationality in 1999 by marrying her coach Ger Wijenberg from the Netherlands.
Nadezhda "Nadja" Wijenberg lives in Schinnen, Limburg, and ran her personal best (2:28:45) in the Eindhoven Marathon, on 10 October 1999. That performance gave her a ticket for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she finished in 22nd place. She was the 2002 Netherlands national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1993.Lisbon Half Marathon winners and the Parelloop 10K in race in the Netherlands in 1997.Arrs.net: List of Parelloop winners
Achievements Representing 1992World Half Marathon Championships Newcastle, United Kingdom9thHalf marathon1:10:581993Lisbon Half MarathonLisbon, Portugal1stHalf marathon1:09.471995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden—MarathonDNF1996Amsterdam MarathonAmsterdam, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:34:351998Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon San Diego, United States 1stMarathon2:34:17Representing the 1999Eindhoven Marathon Eindhoven, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:28:452000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia22ndMarathon2:32:292001Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands4thMarathon2:30:252002European Championships Munich, Germany6thMarathon2:36:062003Athens Classic MarathonAthens, Greece 1stMarathon2:43:182004Enschede MarathonEnschede, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:31:23 2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland38thMarathon2:39:36
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