Marti ten Kate

Marti ten Kate ( born December 16, 1958 in Vollenhove ) is a former Dutch long-distance runner, who scored numerous successes in road races, especially in the 1980s.

Among other things, he won four times the City - Pier - City Loop in The Hague (1987-1990) and the 20 van Alphen ( 1984, 1987, 1989-1990), three times the Egmond Half Marathon (1983, 1988, 1990 ), twice the Enschede Marathon (1987-1988) and once the Zevenheuvelenloop in Nijmegen (1987).

In 1987 he occupied at the IAAF World Championships in Rome in the marathon course 22 He took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In the 10,000 - meter race, he was in 27:50,30 min ninth, in the marathon in 2:14:53 h Thirteenth. At the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo, he was about 10,000 m Fourteenth while he retired in the qualifying round in the 5000 -meter run.

In addition, he was a total of eleven times Dutch champion: four times in the 10,000 meter run (1986-1987, 1989-1990), three times in the 5000 -meter run (1984, 1988-1989), and once each in the steeplechase (1982 ), in Marathon ( 1987), in cross country (1989) and about 25 km ( 1988).

Marti ten Kate is 1,72 m tall and weighed 57 kg to his playing days.

Bests

  • 5000 m: 13:59,51 min, August 30, 1991, Tokyo
  • 10,000 m: 28:31,66 min, August 24, 1991, Tokyo
  • 25 - km road race: 1:14:48 h, August 20, 1988, Haguenau
  • Marathon: 2:10:04 h, April 16, 1989, Rotterdam
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