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Kristiansen, Ingrid
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Kristiansen, Ingrid
Norwegian athlete, an outstanding long-distance runner of 5,000-metre, 10,000-metre, marathon, and cross-country races. She won many of the world's leading marathons. In 1986 she knocked 45.68 seconds off the world 10,000-metre record. She was the world cross-country champion in 1988 and won the London marathon 1984–85 and 1987–88.
Career highlights
World Championships
gold 10,000 metres 1987
World Cross-Country Championships
gold 1988
Boston Marathon
1986, 1989
New York Marathon
1989
Chicago Marathon
1986
London Marathon
1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
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