South African Olympian returns home
Athlete returns home to participate in Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon.
Four time Olympian, Colleen de Reuck will make her Ultra Marathon debut at the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon later next month.
The former South African citizen who switched to America in 2000 has an array of running achievements, including 5th place at the 1996 World Cross Country Championships in Stellenbosch.
Her best ever performance at a World Cross Country Championships came in 2002 where she won the Bronze Medal in the 8km race, running for the USA.
De Reuck has competed in four Olympic Games, for South Africa at the 1992 Olympic Games in the Marathon where she finished 9th, at the 1996 Games in the 10 000m where she finished in 13th position and again in the Marathon in Sydney in 2000 finishing 31 position.
After she became an American citizen she competed in the 2004 Olympic Marathon.
Her best time came at a Marathon time of 2:26.36 clocked in Berlin in 1996 in the process of winning the race. De Reuck has won a total of four international marathons in a career that has spanned over three decades.
Her last victory came in 2013 at 49 years of age when she won the Indianapolis Marathon in a time of 2:39.25.
Her most recent Marathon was the US Olympic trial in 2016 where she placed in 64th overall, clocking 2:49.56.
While she may have not yet run an Ultra, Colleen de Reuck is no stranger to racing for hours on end.
Competing in her first Iron Man (Triathlon) in Kona in 2015, de Reuck won her age group crossing the finish line in an impressive 10:30.41 and running a 3:15 marathon off a 180km bike leg.
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