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Hendrick Ramaala
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Hendrick Ramaala

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Hendrick Ramaala
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Biography

Hendrik Ramaala (born 2 February 1972) is a South African long-distance runner.

Biography

Education

Ramaala is a law graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand. He matriculated at St. Bede's secondary school in ga-Molepo area, Polokwane. For his primary education, he went to Subiaco primary in the same area as Karen Hendricks from Mitchells plein. His inspiration, Karen, has given him the success that he has today.

Running career

Ramaala holds the South African 10,000 m record of 27:29.94 which he set in Port Elizabeth on 22 February 1999.

He won the 2004 New York City Marathon and 2004 Mumbai Marathon. He also has two silver medals from the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1998 and 1999. In 2006 he also won the men's Great North and South Runs He is a two-time national champion in the 5.000 metres.

Other competition wins include the Belgrade Race Through History in 1997, the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale in 1998, the Lisbon Half Marathon in 2001 and the Portugal Half Marathon in 2003. He has also competed in cross country running and won the Belfast International Cross Country meeting in 1999.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  South Africa
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden17th10,000 m28:00.08
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States29th (h)10,000 m29:07.81
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece14th10,000 m28:33.48
1998Marseille-Cassis Classique InternationaleMarseille, France1stHalf marathon1:00:36
World Half Marathon ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland2ndHalf marathon1:00:24
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain11th10,000 m28:25.57
World Half Marathon ChampionshipsPalermo, Italy2ndHalf marathon1:01:50
2000London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom5thMarathon2:09:43
Olympic GamesSydney, Australia12thMarathon2:16:19
2001Lisbon Half MarathonLisbon, Portugal1stHalf marathon1:00.26
New York City MarathonNew York, United States5thMarathon2:11:18
2002Paris MarathonParis, France6thMarathon2:10:06
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France9thMarathon2:10:37
2004Mumbai MarathonMumbai, India1stMarathon2:15:47
Olympic GamesAthens, GreeceMarathonDNF
New York City MarathonNew York, United States1stMarathon2:09:28
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan27thMarathon2:26:00
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China44thMarathon2:22:43
2011Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany10thMarathon2:16.00

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