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    The Rotterdam Marathon, currently branded NN Rotterdam Marathon, is an annual marathon that has been held in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 1981. It has...
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    The Rotterdam Marathon is a road race of 42.195 km (26 mi 385 yd) across the city of Rotterdam that has been contested by men and women annually since...
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    events. Some examples are the Rotterdam Marathon, the World Port Tournament, and the Rotterdam World Tennis Tournament. Rotterdam has also hosted a race of...
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    Carlos Lopes (category Portuguese male marathon runners)
    record in the men’s marathon stood for 24 years. In 1985, Lopes set the marathon world record at 2:07:12 at the Rotterdam Marathon. Lopes was born in Vildemoinhos...
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  • Sparta Rotterdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɑrtaː ˌrɔtərˈdɑm]) is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta...
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    World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics [citation needed]. The late...
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    Robert de Castella (category Australian male marathon runners)
    stadium. In April 1983, De Castella defeated a deep field to win the Rotterdam Marathon. The race was billed as a clash between de Castella and Salazar, who...
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    10 Marathons", in which the Amsterdam, Honolulu, Paris, Rotterdam, and Stockholm marathons were featured along with the five original World Marathon Majors...
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    Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly in The Netherlands known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. They play in the Eredivisie...
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  • World Athletics Label Road Races marathon runs. Sports portal Lists portal World Athletics Label Road Races World Marathon Majors "Sydney Running Festival"...
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    Carla Beurskens (category Frankfurt Marathon female winners)
    only female athlete who won the Rotterdam Marathon more than once. And this although shortly after her first victory in 1984 she declared that in the future...
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  • Winnie Ng (category Hong Kong female marathon runners)
    Tokyo Women's Marathon, Rotterdam Marathon and Nagoya Women's Marathon. Her best performance at that level was eight at the 1982 London Marathon. She was twice...
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    Eliud Kipchoge (category Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award)
    Eliud Kipchoge EGH (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge...
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    Samuel Wanjiru (category Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award)
    Japan. At age 18, Wanjiru broke the half marathon world record on 11 September 2005 in the Rotterdam Half Marathon with a time of 59:16 minutes, officially...
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    Zhu Xiaolin (category Chinese female marathon runners)
    was third at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. She represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was fourth in the women's marathon. Zhu has also competed...
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    Feyenoord Rotterdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɛiənoːrt]) is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top...
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  • The ABN AMRO Open, also known as the Rotterdam Open, and formerly known as: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (until 2022), is a professional men's tennis...
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    Rotterdam Ahoy (formerly known as Ahoy Rotterdam or simply as Ahoy) is a multi-purpose complex with a convention centre and an indoor arena located in...
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    The world record in the half marathon has been officially recognized since 1 January 2004 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)...
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  • Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba (category Kenyan male marathon runners)
    distance. He won the Lisbon Half Marathon in 2007 with a time of 1:00.31. He made his marathon debut at the 2009 Rotterdam Marathon, finishing eighth and setting...
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    Kenneth Kipkemoi (category 1984 births)
    a half marathon best of 59:11 minutes, and was the winner of the 2018 Rotterdam Marathon with a time of 2:05:44. He also won Eindhoven Marathon in 2023...
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  • Kenyan record holder Duncan Kibet (born 1978), Kenyan marathon runner and 2009 Rotterdam Marathon winner Eliud Kibet Kirui (born 1975), Kenyan cross country...
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    Bashir Abdi (category Belgian male marathon runners)
    5000 m, placing sixth in his heat. In 2018, Abdi made his marathon debut at the Rotterdam Marathon, placing seventh with a time of 2:10:46. The race was won...
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  • completed an organized marathon. For elite athletes and others known primarily for running marathons, see List of marathoners or Category:Long-distance...
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  • Hussein Ahmed Salah (category Djiboutian male marathon runners)
    personal best time was 2:07:07, achieved in a 2nd-place finish in the Rotterdam Marathon in April 1988. He and race winner Belayneh Densamo both ran faster...
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    Edwin Kipchirchir Kemboi (category Austrian male marathon runners)
    personal best is 2:12:58, from the 2013 Rotterdam Marathon. He won the 2011 Graz Marathon and the 2014 Salzberg Marathon. Austria at the 2015 World Championships...
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  • won the inaugural Rotterdam Marathon on 23 May 1981 in a time of 2:09:28. He twice finished in fourth place in the men's marathon at the Commonwealth...
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  • Buffel museum ship opens. 1981 Rotterdam Marathon begins. Baroeg (music venue) in business. 1982 - Bram Peper becomes mayor. 1984 Zomercarnaval begins. Cube...
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    Steve Jones (runner) (category Welsh male marathon runners)
    who set the world record in the marathon in his first completed race at that distance at the Chicago Marathon in 1984, with a time of 2:08:05. Jones grew...
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  • club based in Rotterdam. The team plays in the BNXT League and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to De Kuip in Rotterdam. Established in...
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