| Merel de Knegt | |
| Fullname: | Merel de Knegt |
| Height: | 1.70 m |
| Weight: | 55 kg |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Tilburg, Netherlands |
| Personalbest: | 10 km – 33:09 (2010) 15 km – 51:54 (2009) 20 km – 1:12.32 (2006) half marathon – 1:14.21 (2007) marathon - 2:38:41 |
| Career: | 2004-present |
| Updated: | 11 April 2010 |
Merel de Knegt (born 9 May 1979 in Tilburg) is a Dutch runner. She is the sister of Gerben de Knegt. Her sole major international outing for the Netherlands was the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, where she came 47th overall.[1]
She won the 2009 Rotterdam Half Marathon.[2] She finished tenth at the 2010 edition, but her time of 2:38:41 was a personal best and as the top domestic finisher she was elected the Dutch champion.[3] At the 2012 CPC Loop Den Haag (The Hague), de Knegt reached the podium with a third-place finish.[4]
| ] | |||||
| Distance | Mark | Date | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km | align=right | 33:09 | align=right | 14 February 2010 | Schoorl |
| 15 km | align=right | 51:43 | align=right | 18 November 2012 | Nijmegen |
| 20 km | align=right | 1:12:32 | align=right | 8 October 2006 | Debrecen |
| Half marathon | align=right | 1:14:21 | align=right | 17 March 2007 | The Hague |
| Marathon | 2:35:05 | align=right | 14 November 2012 | Eindhoven |