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Irvette van Zyl

1987 - Today

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Irvette van Zyl (née van Blerk, born 5 July 1987) is a South African long-distance runner and women's 50 km ultramarathon world record holder. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not finish the race. She has twice participated in the London Marathon and set her previous best time of 2:31:26 hours there in 2013. In 2021 she improved this time by almost 3 minutes to 2:28:40 at the Xiamen Marathon in Siena, Italy and again in 2022 by more than 2 minutes to 2:26:11 at the Valencia Marathon in Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 10 different languages on Wikipedia. Irvette van Zyl is the 9,148th most popular athlete, the 487th most popular biography from South Africa and the 62nd most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Irvette van Zyl ranks 9,148 out of 6,025. Before her are Alois Knabl, Aleš Opatrný, Ruman Shana, Nikolaos Mavrommatis, Kiri Tontodonati, and Kiriaki Filtisakou. After her are Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés, Ingrid Puusta, Barbora Malíková, Mohamed Mrabet, Sara Hughes, and Elena Berta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Irvette van Zyl ranks 1,832. Before her are Rusila Nagasau, Laura Graves, Mariia Cherepanova, Brian Harman, Martina Strähl, and Lee Hup Wei. After her are Josh Zeid, Damien Schumann, Andrew Charter, Marcela Joglová, Danny Espinosa, and Hanna Drabenia.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Irvette van Zyl ranks 487 out of 454. Before her are Emily Ford (1851), Candice Lill (1992), Wenda Nel (null), Tanya Seymour (1983), Tyler Christianson (2001), and Stephen Mokoka (1985). After her are Rosko Specman (1989), Manish Kaushik (null), Brad Tandy (1991), Jean van der Westhuyzen (1998), Elroy Gelant (null), and Marc Mundell (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Irvette van Zyl ranks 62. Before her are Wang Na (null), Lawrence Brittain (1990), Cecil Afrika (1988), Wenda Nel (null), Tanya Seymour (1983), and Stephen Mokoka (1985). After her are Manish Kaushik (null), Jean van der Westhuyzen (1998), Elroy Gelant (null), Marc Mundell (1983), Marthe Yankurije (1994), and Simone Ackermann (1990).

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