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She is an Olympic champion over the distance. Initially starting out as a track and cross country athlete, her first major success was becoming the Asian cross country champion at age 21. She&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/mizuki-noguchi\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mizuki Noguchi\">\u0394\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-1152 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-olympic-champions category-28 description-off\" data-name=\"Vaderlei De Lima\" data-date=\"2025-02-04T17:26:42+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/vaderlei-de-lima\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Vaderlei-De-Lima-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Vaderlei-De-Lima-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Vaderlei-De-Lima-1100x732.jpg 1100w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Vaderlei-De-Lima\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-expand-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/vaderlei-de-lima\/\" title=\"Vaderlei De Lima\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vaderlei De Lima<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (born 4 July 1969) is a Brazilian retired long-distance runner. He was born in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paran\u00e1. While leading the marathon after 35 km (22 mi) at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was attacked on the course by Irish former priest Cornelius &#8220;Neil&#8221; Horan. Following the incident, Lima fell from&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/vaderlei-de-lima\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Vaderlei De Lima\">\u0394\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-even visible post-1154 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-olympic-champions category-28 description-off\" data-name=\"Naoko Takahashi\" data-date=\"2025-02-04T17:03:12+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/naoko-takahashi\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/naoko-takahashi-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/naoko-takahashi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/naoko-takahashi-1000x666.jpg 1000w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"naoko-takahashi\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-expand-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/naoko-takahashi\/\" title=\"Naoko Takahashi\" rel=\"bookmark\">Naoko Takahashi<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Naoko Takahashi (\u9ad8\u6a4b \u5c1a\u5b50, Takahashi Naoko, born May 6, 1972) is a retired Japanese long-distance runner and Olympic gold medal-winning marathoner. She won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and at the 2001 Berlin Marathon she became the first woman to complete a marathon in under 2 hours and 20&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/naoko-takahashi\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Naoko Takahashi\">\u0394\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-1156 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-olympic-champions category-28 description-off\" data-name=\"Yuko Arimori\" data-date=\"2025-02-04T17:35:13+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/yuko-arimori\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Yuko-Arimori-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Yuko-Arimori-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Yuko-Arimori-845x563.jpg 845w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Yuko-Arimori\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-expand-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/yuko-arimori\/\" title=\"Yuko Arimori\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yuko Arimori<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Yuko Arimori (\u6709\u68ee \u88d5\u5b50, Arimori Y\u016bko, born December 17, 1966, in Okayama) is a Japanese professional marathon runner and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Arimori competed for Japan in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the marathon where she won the silver medal with a time of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/yuko-arimori\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Yuko Arimori\">\u0394\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-even visible post-1158 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-olympic-champions category-28 description-off\" data-name=\"Rosa Mota\" data-date=\"2025-02-04T17:17:44+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/rosa-mota\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rosa-Mota-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rosa-Mota-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rosa-Mota-845x563.jpg 845w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rosa-Mota\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-expand-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/rosa-mota\/\" title=\"Rosa Mota\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rosa Mota<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM (Portuguese pronunciation: [\u02c8\u0281\u0254z\u0250 \u02c8m\u0254t\u0250]; born 29 June 1958) is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country&#8217;s foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win multiple Olympic marathon medals as well as being the only&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/rosa-mota\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rosa Mota\">\u0394\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-1160 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-olympic-champions category-28 description-off\" data-name=\"Ron Hill\" data-date=\"2025-02-04T17:54:35+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/ron-hill\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ron-Hill-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ron-Hill-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ron-Hill-884x589.jpg 884w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ron-Hill\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-expand-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/ron-hill\/\" title=\"Ron Hill\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ron Hill<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ronald Hill MBE (25 September 1938 &#8211; 23 May 2021) was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, and laid claim to the marathon world record. He ran two Olympic Marathons (Tokyo 1964 and Munich 1972), and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/ron-hill\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ron Hill\">\u0394\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-even visible post-1162 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-olympic-champions category-28 description-off\" data-name=\"Emil Zatopek\" data-date=\"2025-02-05T14:11:58+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/emil-zatopek\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Zatopek-Emil-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Zatopek-Emil-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Zatopek-Emil-899x599.jpg 899w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Zatopek-Emil\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-expand-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/emil-zatopek\/\" title=\"Emil Zatopek\" rel=\"bookmark\">Emil Zatopek<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Emil Z\u00e1topek (19 September 1922 &#8211; 21 November 2000) was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/emil-zatopek\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Emil Zatopek\">\u0394\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-1164 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-olympic-champions category-28 description-off\" data-name=\"Franziska Rochat-Moser\" data-date=\"2025-01-04T18:10:23+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/franziska-rochat-moser\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/franziska-rochat-moser-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/franziska-rochat-moser-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/franziska-rochat-moser-1000x666.jpg 1000w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"franziska-rochat-moser\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-expand-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/franziska-rochat-moser\/\" title=\"Franziska Rochat-Moser\" rel=\"bookmark\">Franziska Rochat-Moser<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Franziska Rochat-Moser (17 August 1966 Crissier, Switzerland &#8211; 7 March 2002 Les Diablerets, Vaud) was a long-distance runner from Switzerland, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the 1997 New York City Marathon. Moser was a lawyer by profession and married to Philippe Rochat, renowned chef and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/franziska-rochat-moser\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Franziska Rochat-Moser\">\u0394\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1355,"parent":0,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1023","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1024,"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1023\/revisions\/1024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marathonrun.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}