Marja Wokke

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.

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.^[1] At this occasion she set a new world record time of 1:13:59.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Netherlands
1978	Egmond Half Marathon	Egmond, Netherlands	1st	Half Marathon	1:19:45
1979	Egmond Half Marathon	Egmond, Netherlands	1st	Half Marathon	1:27:55
1980	Egmond Half Marathon	Egmond, Netherlands	1st	Half Marathon	1:19:35
	City-Pier-City Loop	The Hague, Netherlands	1st	Half Marathon	1:13:59
	Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:40:15
1981	Egmond Half Marathon	Egmond, Netherlands	1st	Half Marathon	1:21:21
	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:43:23
	Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:43:38

References

External links

• Marja Wokke profile at IAAF

Records
Preceded by Patti Catalano	Women's Half Marathon World Record Holder 1980-03-29 – 1981-01-18	Succeeded by Joan Benoit
Sporting positions
Preceded by Corrie Konings	Egmond Women's Half Marathon Winner 1978 – 1981	Succeeded by Ingrid Kristiansen