Ngaire Drake (born 11 May 1949) is a New Zealand former marathon runner, who came second at the

1981 London Marathon The 1981 London Marathon was the first running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 29 March. The elite men's race was won in a time of 2:11:48 hours by two athletes, American Dick Beardsley and Inge ...

, and sixth at the 1985 New York City Marathon. She has also won the Hamilton,

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and

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s, and the 1984

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in Paris. She competed in the marathon event at the

1983 World Championships in Athletics The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall med ...

Career

In 1981, Drake came second at the inaugural London Marathon. In 1982, she won the Hamilton Marathon. She competed in the marathon event at the

, finishing 24th. That year, she also won the Canberra Marathon, in a time of 2:44:11. She came seventh at the 1984

in Paris. Drake won the Wang Australia marathon in

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, Australia in 1984 and 1985. She won the 1985 event by over two minutes, and was the first person to win the event twice. She came sixth at the 1985 New York City Marathon, and also came sixth in a 10 km race in San Diego, US. In 1986, Drake came third at the Nagoya International Women's Marathon, in a time of 2:38:46. Drake won the 1986

in a time of 2:38:52, and came third at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in a time of 2:38:08. The same year, she won the Westfield Marathon for the third successive year. In 1987, she won the Wellington Half-Marathon in a time of 1:15, In 1988, she won the Australian Marathon Championships as a guest runner. In 1989, she won the over-40s event at the Twin Cities Marathon, in a time of 2:41:25. She finished ninth overall.

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