Leila Luik Explained

Leila Luik
Birth Date:14 October 1985
Country:Estonia
Sport:Track and field
Event:Marathon
Pb:2:37:11 (2013)
Club:Tartu Ulikooli Akadeemiline Spordiklubi
Coach:Harry Lemberg
Education:Tartu Health Care College
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Leila Luik (born 14 October 1985) is an Estonian long-distance runner. She completed the Shanghai marathon with her personal best 2:37:11 in 2013. She qualified to the Rio Olympics 2016 running the Hamburg marathon in 2:42:11.[1]

She is one of identical triplets, sister of Liina and Lily. All three qualified to participate in the marathon event representing Estonia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] The triplets were professional dancers before Liina brought them to running.

Notes and References

  1. http://hamburg.r.mikatiming.de/2016/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=000017074FFEF20000275285&lang=EN&event=HML&search%5Bname%5D=luik&search_sort=name&search_event=HML 2:42:11 Luik, Leila (EST)
  2. News: Meet the triplets set to make history in the Olympic marathon. Bieler. Bas. 26 May 2016. The Washington Post. 22 November 2017.