Ingo Sensburg (born 27 January 1949) is a German male former
long-distance runner who competed for
West Germany
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in track events and the
marathon.
From
Berlin
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and trained by Fred Behrnsen, he took his first international medal at the
1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships where he was part of the bronze medal-winning West German medley relay team. He returned to the competition six years later and became the
3000 metres champion on home turf in
Munich
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.
He achieved the majority of success in
road running
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These events are usually classified as long-distance ...
. He took the first of his three victories at the
Berlin Marathon
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in 1976 with a time 2:23:08 hours. He improved to 2:20:21 hours in winning the
Essen Marathon later that year, then to 2:17:49 hours to top the podium in
Porz
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Porz borders ...
the following April. Sensburg won the Berlin Marathon again in 1979 and had his fastest performance there (2:16:48) during his 1980 win. His record of three wins was finally bettered by
Haile Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie ( am, ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, ''haylē gebre silassē''; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian retired long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Champion ...
, who completed four straight wins in 2009.
[ Sensburg was runner-up at the ]Hamburg Marathon
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in 1981. The highlights of his later career were four straight wins at the Berlin Half Marathon
The Berlin Half Marathon is a major endurance event held annually in early spring in Berlin, Germany. Besides the runner's main race, the event includes a race for inline skaters, wheelchair athletes and handbikers. All athletes use the same co ...
from 1985 to 1988.
Sensburg competed very frequently during his career at a local level and in 2012 he estimated that he had won 166 Berlin championship titles.[ "Das Exponat des Monats" XV. - Museale Raritäten aus dem Sportmuseum Berlin - Ingo Sensburg, die Berliner Läuferlegende und seine Pokale - Horst Milde berichtet]
. German Road Races (2012-02-29). Retrieved 2018-02-04. He continued running in his older years in the masters athlete categories. In the over-45s category he was world champion in the 10,000 metres
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in 1995 and in the 10K run
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in 1994.World Masters Championships Non-Stadia
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
International competitions
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1949 births
Living people
Athletes from Berlin
German male long-distance runners
German male marathon runners
West German male long-distance runners
West German male marathon runners
Berlin Marathon male winners
20th-century German people