Merel de Knegt
Merel de Knegt ( born May 9, 1979 in Tilburg ) is a Dutch long-distance runner who specializes in road races.
In 2006, she finished fifth in the CPC Loop Den Haag and arrived at the Road Race World Championships in Debrecen than 20 kilometers on the 47th.
In 2007, she was national champion in the 10 km (as total of the Third CPC loop) over the half marathon distance and arrived at the Rotterdam Half Marathon to fifth place. In 2009 she was as Gesamtelfte at Tilburg Ladies Run 10K again Dutch 10-km champion, won the Rotterdam Half Marathon and finished fifth at the Zevenheuvelenloop.
In 2010 she was third in the CPC Loop and as the tithe of the Rotterdam Marathon also on the 42,195 - km - distance national champion.
Merel de Knegt is 1,70 m tall and weighs 55 kg. She lives in Loon op Zand, and starts for the Tilburg Road Runners. Her older brother is the cyclist Gerben de Knegt.