Greg van Hest
Encyclopedia
Greg van Hest is a Dutch
runner
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Other achievements
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
runner
Running
Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground...
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Career highlights
Dutch National Championships- 1996 - SchoorlSchoorlSchoorl is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own....
, 1st, 10 km - 1997 - SchoorlSchoorlSchoorl is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own....
, 1st, 10 km - 1999 - Den Haag, 1st, Half marathon
- 1999 - 1st, Cross-country
- 2000 - Den Haag, 1st, Half marathon
- 2008 - Eindhoven, 1st, Marathon
Other achievements
- 1998 - TilburgTilburgTilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
, 1st, Tilburg 10 Miles - 1999 - TilburgTilburgTilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
, 1st, Tilburg 10 Miles - 2000 - TilburgTilburgTilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
, 1st, Tilburg 10 Miles - 2000 - SchoorlSchoorlSchoorl is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own....
, 1st, Groet uit Schoorl
Personal bests
| Distance | Mark | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,500 m | 3:47.80 | May 25, 1993 | Breda Breda Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance... |
| 5,000 m | 13:38.89 | May 17, 1996 | Kerkrade Kerkrade Kerkrade is a town and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.It is the western half of the divided region and de facto city, taken together with the eastern half, the German town of Herzogenrath... |
| 10 km | 27:51.00 | October 21, 1995 | Waddinxveen Waddinxveen Waddinxveen is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of 26,304 in 2004, 25.328 on new year's eve of 2010. and covers an area of 29.39 km² .In Waddinxveen, there's the so-called... |
| 20 km | 58:04.00 (nat. rec.) | March 13, 1999 | Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, between Leiden and Utrecht. The town is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn , where the river Gouwe branches off. The municipality had a population of 72,674 in 2010, and covers an... |
| Half marathon | 1:01.10 (nat. rec.) | March 27, 1999 | Den Haag |
| Marathon | 2:10.05 | April 18, 1999 | Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... |
| Ekiden * | 2:03.12 (nat. rec.) | November 23, 1994 | Chiba Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture... |
* = with Simon VroemenSimon VroemenSimon Frans Vroemen is a Dutch runner, specialising in the steeplechase.Vroemen has a degree in molecular sciences from the Wageningen University. He wrote his dissertation on the stress physiology of grasshoppers...
, Gerald Kappert, Henk Gommer and René Godlieb.