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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 10,741st most popular athlete (down from 9,132nd in 2024), the 587th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 486th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular South African Athlete.

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Among people born in 1987, Irvette van Zyl ranks 2,144. Before her are Dean Elgar, Marcela Joglová, Josh Zeid, Úrsula Sánchez, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, and Anirban Lahiri. After her are Ryan Lavarnway, Sergey Komissarov, Pavel Sozykin, Sakiyo Asano, Marc Salles, and Marie-Zélia Lafont.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Irvette van Zyl ranks 588 out of 454. Before her are Serik Temirzhanov (1998), Brad Tandy (1991), Dean Elgar (1987), Simone Ackermann (1990), Marnus Labuschagne (1994), Tanya Seymour (1983), and Elroy Gelant (null). After her are Charles Elwes (1997), Abbubaker Mobara (1994), Manish Kaushik (null), Gerda Steyn (1990), and Al-Hussein Gambour (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Irvette van Zyl ranks 73. Before her are Daniel Ståhl (null), Katrina Werry (1993), Serik Temirzhanov (1998), Simone Ackermann (1990), Tanya Seymour (1983), and Elroy Gelant (null). After her are Charles Elwes (1997), Manish Kaushik (null), Gerda Steyn (1990), Al-Hussein Gambour (1989), Marthe Yankurije (1994), and Charlene du Preez (1987).

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