Tanith Maxwell (born 2 June 1976 in

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runner who has competed over distances ranging from 10 km to the marathon. She represented South Africa at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Australia, 2007 All Africa Games, Algiers, 2007 World Athletic Championship, Japan, 2009 World Athletic Championship, Germany, 2010 World Athletic Championship, Korea (DNR due to injury), and the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, running in the marathon. Tanith also competed in various races in Europe since 2004. She competed in 2004 Edinburgh marathon, Scotland (2nd), 2005 Vienna City marathon, Austria (7th), 2005 South Africa half marathon championship, Durban (1st), 2005 Frankfurt City marathon, Germany (9th), 2006 Norton Radstock half marathon, UK (1st), 2006 Frankfurt City marathon, Germany (11th), 2007 South Africa marathon Championship, Port Elizabeth (2nd), 2007 All Africa half marathon, Algiers (10th), 2008 Rome City marathon, Italy (9th), 2008 Vienna City marathon, Austria (5th), 2008 Warsaw City marathon, Poland (4th), 2009 Warsaw half marathon, Poland(4th), 2010 Xaimen International half marathon, China(2nd), 2010 Bristol half marathon, UK (2nd), 2010 London marathon, UK (15th), 2010 Berlin marathon, Germany (8th), 2010 South Africa half marathon championship, Port Elizabeth (3rd), 2011 Reading half marathon, UK (7th), 2011 London marathon, UK (29th), 2012 Rotterdam marathon, Netherlands (13th)

Personal best

* 10 km – 33.58 * 15 km – 51.22 * Half-Marathon – 1:18:27 – Alger, 22 June 2007 * Marathon – 2:32:33 – Berlin, 26 September 2010

Sponsorship

Boxer Superstores (Durban, South Africa), Adidas International, Adidas Eyewear, Virgin Active (South Africa), PeptoPro (South Africa)

References

1976 births Living people South African female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Sportspeople from Durban World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa South African female marathon runners {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub