Karen_Holdsworth

Karen Holdsworth

Karen Holdsworth

British marathon runner

Karen Holdsworth (née Moody, also Goldhawk,[1] 2 August 1960 – 30 April 2013) was a British marathon runner, who won the 1983 Berlin Marathon.

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Career

Holdsworth was a member of South Shields athletics club.[2] In 1981, Holdsworth won the inaugural Great North Run, finishing in a time of 1:17.36.[2][3][4] In the same year, she finished sixth at the inaugural London Marathon, in a time of 2:43:28.[5] In 1983, she won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:40:32.[1][6] In the same year, she won the Paris Marathon.[1][6] In 1984, she won the Reading[7] and Fleet Half Marathons.[1]

Marathon competition record

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References

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    "Karen Holdsworth". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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    "A classic case of runner's loneliness". The Guardian. 29 June 1981. p. 2. Retrieved 10 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Jo Pavey and Mara Yamauchi back for the Great North Run". BBC Sport. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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    Temple, Cliff (1987). Running from A to Z. Paul. p. 91. ISBN 9780091664107.
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    Runner's World. Rodale, Inc. 1981. p. 48.
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    Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). Running Encyclopedia. Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736037341.
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    "Reading Half Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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