Adriënne Herzog (born 30 September 1985,

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...

) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She has had most of her success in

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...

, being twice a bronze medallist at the

European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championship ...

(2009 and 2012). She represented the Netherlands on the track at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

, but failed to make the final on either occasion. She was a finalist, however, at the

2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010. Bidding and organisation ...

. She is a seven-time Dutch national champion in cross country. She also won a bronze medal at the

2003 European Athletics Junior Championships The 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Tampere, Finland from 23 to 27 July 2003. A total of 44 events were contested; 22 by men and 22 by women. Germany had the biggest medal haul with nine golds and a total of 26, closely fol ...

. On the circuit, she won the 2009

Lotto Cross Cup Brussels The Lotto Cross Cup Brussels, also known as the IRIS Lotto Cross Cup, is an annual cross country running competition that takes place in mid-December in Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Lotto Cross Cup series of races and is classed as an IAAF ...

. Herzog was implicated in doping practices as part of investigations connected with Operación Galgo. Her coach at the time, Manuel Pascua Piqueras, was a central figure in the scandal. After being interrogated by the police, she was ultimately not charged of an offence after the evidence against her was destroyed. In 2013, Dutch magazine ''

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'' published a series of email excerpts which it claimed demonstrated Herzog obtaining

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during 2011 and 2012. Following this, her new coach Brad Hudson decided to cease working with Herzog, despite her claims that the magazine's assertions were untrue and no formal proceedings were brought against her. Herzog received a two-year doping ban after she gave a positive test in March 2014. She claimed that the positive test was a mistake and that she had never used banned substances.

National titles

* Dutch Athletics Championships **1500 m: 2005, 2006, 2009About
Adrienne Herzog. Retrieved on 2016-01-25. * Dutch Cross Country Championships **Short course: 2004 **Long course: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012Dutch Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-25.

International competitions

2012 European Cross Country Championships Women's Podium

References

External links

Official website
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National titles

International competitions

See also

References

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