Ágnes Sipka (born August 14, 1954) is a retired

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

from

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

, who won the 1984 edition of the

Berlin Marathon The Berlin Marathon (, ) is a marathon event held annually on the streets of Berlin, Germany on the last weekend of September. Held annually since 1974, the event includes multiple races over the marathon distance of , including elite level road r ...

on September 30, 1984, clocking 2:39:32. She broke the Hungarian national record in the Budapest Marathon in 1986 and held it for a decade until

Judit Földing-Nagy Judit Földing-Nagy (in Hungary: ''Földingné Nagy Judit'', born 9 December 1965) is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the marathon. She was born in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron. She is the current Hungarian record-holder in marathon. She wa ...

set the (current) Hungarian standard, lowering Sipka's time by two seconds in the

in 1996.

Achievements

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ARRS

1954 births Living people Hungarian female long-distance runners Hungarian female marathon runners Berlin Marathon female winners Place of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub