Lieve Slegers

Belgian distance runner
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBelgian distance runner
PlacesBelgium
isAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth6 April 1965, Turnhout
Age59 years
The details

Biography

Lieve Slegers (born 6 April 1965 in Turnhout, Vlaanderen) is a former long-distance runner from Belgium, who won the Rotterdam Marathon on 28 April 1996 clocking 2:28:06. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's 10,000 metres, where she was eliminated in the qualifying heats. Slegers also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was the 1995 winner of the 20 km of Brussels.
She was also a cross country runner – Slegers won the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños in 1989. She was successful domestically, winning the Lotto Cross Cup series in 1991–92 and 1994–95. She also won the 1992 Eurocross competition in neighbouring Luxembourg.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Belgium
1986European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany16th10,000 m32:26.90
1987World ChampionshipsRome, Italy22nd (h)10,000 m33:48.91
1988World Cross Country ChampionshipsAuckland, New Zealand8th6 km19:44
Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea33rd (h)10,000 m33:51.36
1990World Cross Country ChampionshipsAix-les-Bains, France39th6 km20:15
European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia10th10,000 m32:29.46
1991World Cross Country ChampionshipsAntwerp, Belgium35th6.4 km21:31
World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan28th (h)10,000 m32:31.55
1992World Cross Country ChampionshipsBoston, United States14th6.4 km21:49
Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain15th10,00 m32:14.17
1994European Cross Country ChampionshipsAlnwick, United Kingdom8th4.5 km14.49
1995World Cross Country ChampionshipsDurham, United Kingdom63rd6.5 km21:51
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden11th10,000 m32:10.59
1996European Cross Country ChampionshipsCharleroi, Belgium18th4.5 km17:53
Marathons
1995New York City MarathonNew York City, United States3rdMarathon2:32:08
1996Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands1stMarathon2:28:06
1997Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands4thMarathon2:34:15
1998London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom19thMarathon2:43:16
1999Antwerp MarathonAntwerp, Belgium1stMarathon2:34:23
1999Chicago MarathonChicago, United States14thMarathon2:36:07

Notes:

  • Results with (h) indicates overall position in qualifying heats.
  • Slegers qualified for the 1987 World Championship final but failed to finish.

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