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    The Leipzig Marathon is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42 km and 195 metres held in the city of Leipzig, Germany since 1977. The...
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    Tegla Loroupe (category Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award)
    she won London Marathon and Rome City Marathon. She also won Lausanne Marathon in 2002, Cologne Marathon in 2003 and Leipzig Marathon in 2004. Loroupe...
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    Uta Pippig (category Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award)
    Pippig was born in Leipzig and began running at the age of 13 while a citizen of the former East Germany. She finished 14th in the marathon at the 1987 World...
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  • Christopher Cheboiboch (category Kenyan male marathon runners)
    competes in the marathon. He has won the Leipzig Marathon and the San Diego Marathon and was the runner-up at the 2002 New York City Marathon. He represented...
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  • Julius Kiptum Rop (category Kenyan male marathon runners)
    from Kenya. On a windy April 17, 2005, Rop made his marathon debut in Germany, at the Leipzig Marathon, with a 2:16:22 win. Poland's Artur Blasinki finished...
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  • Marcel Matanin (category Slovak male marathon runners)
    On April 23, 2006, Matanin won the Leipzig Marathon in 2:19:33 hours. His P.R. is 2:17:23 run in the Zurich Marathon which earning him his qualifying time...
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    Jörg Peter (category East German male marathon runners)
    run in 1977 and in 1985 by his marathon victory at the Leipzig Marathon. In 1990 and 1991 he won the Hamburg Marathon. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans...
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    Bull GmbH, former CEO of RB Leipzig, and a former long-distance runner. Oliver Mintzlaff participated twice in the half marathon world championships: he finished...
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    championship. The first national marathon championship in Germany was held in 1925 with the course beginning in Halle and ending in Leipzig to commemorate the Sportbrüder...
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  • Jerzy Skarżyński (athlete) (category Polish male marathon runners)
    the marathon. He finished fifteenth in the marathon at the 1986 European Championships. He won the Warsaw Marathon in 1989 and the Leipzig Marathon in...
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  • Stephan Freigang (category German male marathon runners)
    long-distance runner from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He also competed for his...
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  • Natalya Galushko (category Belarusian female marathon runners)
    Hannover Marathon (1995-97) and won at the Istanbul Marathon in 1998 as well as the Leipzig Marathon in 2002. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;...
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    golf course completes the facility. Every year in January, the Leipzig Winter Marathon takes place in the Clara-Zetkin-Park and the neighboring forest...
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  • mythology, Marathon (Ancient Greek: Μαραθῶνα), also Marathos or Marathus may refer to the same or four distinct characters who gave his name to Marathon, a town...
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  • Anuța Cătună (category Romanian female marathon runners)
    Olympics, starting in 1996. She won the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon. Her personal best time over the distance was 2:26:25 at the World Championships...
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  • Katrin Dörre-Heinig (category Athletes from Leipzig)
    Marathon and the London Marathon; she won three times consecutively in London from 1992 to 1994. Heinig was born in Leipzig, Bezirk Leipzig, and competed for...
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  • Carsten Eich (category Athletes from Leipzig)
    metres and the marathons. He is an eight-time German champion and national record holder in the half marathon. He was born in Leipzig and represented...
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    clocking a total time of 2:50:26 hours. On 23 April 2006 Matanin won the Leipzig Marathon in 2:19:33 hours. Matanin was a former mayor of Slovenská Kajňa (from...
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    Frank Shorter (category American male marathon runners)
    an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
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    performers on the world scene". In January 2023, Wang's more than four-hour marathon concert of all four Rachmaninoff piano concertos at Carnegie Hall garnered...
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  • Majed Abu Maraheel (category Leipzig University alumni)
    Turin Marathon in Turin, Italy, with fellow Palestinian long-distance runner Mohamed Salama. Abu Maraheel moved to Germany in 1998 to study at Leipzig University...
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  • Singapore Marathon in  Singapore December 1: Shenzhen Marathon in Shenzhen December 8: Guangzhou Marathon in Guangzhou December 15: Bangsaen21 Half Marathon in...
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    Waldemar Cierpinski (category East German male marathon runners)
    1950) is a former East German athlete and two-time Olympic champion in the marathon. Cierpinski was born in Neugattersleben, East Germany to Polish parents...
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    Kulkwitzer See (category Geography of Leipzig)
    of the lake to an external private business agency - LeipzigSeen GmbH based in Leipzig. Marathon and triathlon events, lake festivals and other sporting...
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    inception in 1924. The discipline also incorporates: cross-country ski marathon events, sanctioned by the Worldloppet Ski Federation; cross-country ski-orienteering...
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    Elif Elmas (category RB Leipzig players)
    a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the North Macedonia national team. A versatile player, Elmas can be...
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    International Motor Show Germany, and production began in September 2013 in Leipzig. It ranked third amongst electric cars sold worldwide from 2014 to 2016...
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  • Blomberg-Lippe. Notable marathon races include the Berlin Marathon (one of the World Marathon Majors), Hamburg Marathon, Hannover Marathon. Notable tennis tournaments...
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  • Flugservice & Development SEABIRD Germany LEJ FSH Luftfahrtunternehmen LEIPZIG FAIR Germany FBA Fab Air FAB AIR Kyrgyzstan FCS Facts Air MEXFACTS Mexico...
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  • the crash. 18 February Air Serbia Flight 324, an Embraer 195 operated by Marathon Airlines, struck landing lights on takeoff at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport...
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