Nadezhda Wijenberg (born Nadezhda Alexeevna Ilyina on 2 April 1964 in

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) is a

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from

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, who got the

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nationality in 1999 by marrying her coach Ger Wijenberg from the Netherlands. Nadezhda "Nadja" Wijenberg lives in

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, and ran her personal best (2:28:45) in the

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, on 10 October 1999. That performance gave her a ticket for the

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, where she finished in 22nd place. She is a one-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She won the

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1993 and the

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10K in race in the

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* 1964 births Living people Dutch female long-distance runners Dutch female marathon runners Russian female long-distance runners Russian female marathon runners Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Russian emigrants to the Netherlands People from Chuvashia People from Schinnen CIS Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Chuvashia 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub