Merel de Knegt (born 9 May 1979 in

Tilburg Tilburg () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 222,601 (1 July 2021), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-larg ...

) is a Dutch

runner Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...

. She is the sister of

Gerben de Knegt Gerben de Knegt (born 11 December 1975) is a former professional cyclo-cross racing cyclist and mountain biker from the Netherlands. He was born in Tilburg, North Brabant. Major results ;2001–2002 : 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships ...

. Her sole major international outing for the Netherlands was the

2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships The 1st IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary on 8 October 2006, the women's race starting at 11:00 and the men's race at 13:00. This was the first time the title of World Road Running Champion had been competed for ...

, where she came 47th overall. She won the 2009

Rotterdam Half Marathon The Rotterdam Half Marathon was an annual half marathon race over 21.1 kilometres, that was staged in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on the second Sunday in September. The event was contested from 2004 to 2009. It was discontinued in 2010 due to lacking ...

. She finished tenth at the 2010 edition, but her time of 2:38:41 was a personal best and as the top domestic finisher she was elected the Dutch champion. At the 2012

CPC Loop Den Haag The CPC Loop Den Haag (abbreviated for ''City-Pier-City Loop'') is an annual half marathon competition held in the Hague, Netherlands, every mid-March. The inaugural edition was held in 1975 and featured a 14.5 km course. This was extended to ...

(

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

), de Knegt reached the podium with a third-place finish.van Hemert, Wim (2012-03-12)
Five runners under 60 minutes in The Hague
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-22.

Career highlights

;Dutch National Championships :2006 -

, 3rd, Half marathon :2007 -

Schoorl Schoorl is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, North Holland, Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own. Sch ...

, 1st, 10 km :2007 -

, 1st, Half marathon :2009 -

, 1st, 10 km :2010 -

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

, 1st, marathon (10th overall in Rotterdam Marathon)

Personal bests

References

* 1979 births Living people Dutch female long-distance runners Dutch female marathon runners Sportspeople from Tilburg 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{netherlands-athletics-bio-stub