Nelly Aerts (born 30 September 1962) is a

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former

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who competed in the

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. She represented Belgium at the

1990 European Athletics Championships The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. The host stadium was Stadion Poljud. It was the last participation of East Germany (which was already scheduled to be merged ...

and won marathons in Rotterdam and Brussels. Her personal bests of 1:11:32 for the

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and 2:33:33 hours for the marathon are former national records. She won the 1987

Rotterdam Marathon The Rotterdam Marathon, currently branded NN Rotterdam Marathon, is an annual marathon that has been held in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 1981. It has been held in April every year since the third edition in 1984 and attracts many top athletes. ...

in a time of 2:41:24 hours, then won her first Belgian marathon title two months later.National Marathon Champions for Belgium
ARRS. Retrieved on 2012-04-22. In September she broke the Belgian record with a winning run of 2:33:33 hours at the

Brussels Marathon The Brussels Marathon is an annual AIMS-certified marathon held in Brussels, Belgium, first held in 1984, and usually held in the autumn. Races of shorter distances are also held on the same day. History The full race was first held in 1984. ...

.BEL Record Progressions- Road
ARRS. Retrieved on 2012-04-22. She was invited to November's

New York City Marathon The New York City Marathon (currently branded TCS New York City Marathon after its headline sponsor) is an annual marathon () that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 53,627 finishe ...

and came tenth in a time of 2:38:18 hours. Her second marathon season came in 1989. Aerts began the year with a Belgian record of 1:11:32 hours in the

– a time that won her the women's race at the City-Pier-City Half Marathon. This record stood for five years, until it was beaten by

Marleen Renders Marleen Renders (born 24 December 1968, in Diest) is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000. In 1995 she won the Antwerp Marathon, in 1998 the ...

in 1994. She was third at the

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in a near-personal best time of 2:33:58 hours and won a second title in Brussels, which was also the national championship race that year. Her last marathon outing that year was the Carpi Marathon in October and she again reached the podium, taking third place. Aerts made three international appearances for Belgium: she was seventeenth in the marathon at the

and competed at the

IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...

in 1989 and 1990.Aerts Nelly
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aerts, Nelly Living people 1962 births Belgian female long-distance runners Belgian female marathon runners Belgian Athletics Championships winners