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in 1996, but her time of 2:41:55 hours left her out of the leading pack. She was that year's winner in
Enschede, running a season's best of 2:41:13, and was the runner-up at the Eindhoven and Singapore races. The 1997 season, at the age of 40, was one of her best: she won the Westland and Eindhoven
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and the year after she won her first Dutch national title at the
Westland race. She had her first victory over the marathon distance in Eindhoven in 1990. She established herself as one of her country's best runners in the event in 1991 when retained her title in Eindhoven and also won at the
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On 28 January 2003, she was dropped off to train in Haaren by her partner and coach, Gerard
Notenboom. While running there she was hit by a car and her body was later discovered in a nearby ditch by Notenboom the following day. Police soon arrested a man who claimed he had noticed he had hit
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15K – a feat she would repeat the following year. She continued on a career high with a run of 2:39.00 hours for eighth at the 1998 Rotterdam
Marathon and retained her Dutch title in Eindhoven, coming second overall behind Romania's
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category for women over forty. In 1999 and 2000 she won the masters races at the
Oostende Brugge and Zevenheuvelenloop races. At the 2001 World Master's Championships in
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and fourth in
Eindhoven (recording her final career sub two hours and forty minute marathon with 2:39.47). Pullen had her last race wins in this period: she won the
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marathons, taking a Dutch title with a lifetime best run of 2:36.51 hours at the latter race. She closed the year with her first win at the
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In 1992 she ran under two hours and forty minutes for the first time, taking fourth place and a second Dutch title at the
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seriously at the age of thirty. In spite of this, she had become a top level runner by 1988, when she came third in the
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170:, Australia, she won the over-40s women's marathon title. She was a three-time winner of the veteran's race at the
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50:. She was a four-time Dutch champion over the distance. She was killed in a traffic accident while training in
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that year. Pullen did not compete in any marathons in 1993, but won two the following year in
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something, stopped and searched with another motorist, but that he had found nothing.
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Eindhoven. She transitioned into the veterans'
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races. She ran thirty races over the distance in her career, winning races in
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Pullen started her running career relatively late in life, beginning to take
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in a time of 2:38:06 hours. She improved her best further at the
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in 2000 and 2002, and in 2001 she topped the podium at the
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Pullen did not break 2:40:00 at either the
Rotterdam or
129:race in 1995. She made her American debut at the
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227:National Marathon Champions for the Netherlands
324:World Masters (Veterans) Championships (Women)
117:races in 1995, but got her first win over the
74:, coming fifth. She was runner-up at the 1989
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314:. ARRS (2011-02-14). Retrieved on 2011-12-16.
277:. ARSS (2011-08-14). Retrieved on 2011-12-16.
265:. ARRS (2010-11-22). Retrieved on 2011-12-08.
241:. ARRS (2011-05-14). Retrieved on 2011-12-08.
229:. ARRS (2011-10-16). Retrieved on 2011-12-08.
70:race and made her marathon debut over at the
26:(14 July 1957 – 28 January 2003) was a Dutch
302:. Montferland Run. Retrieved on 2011-12-16.
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326:. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-12-08.
197:. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-12-08.
212:Association of Road Racing Statisticians
1600:Road incident deaths in the Netherlands
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342:(2003-01-30). Retrieved on 2011-12-16.
290:. Volkskrant. Retrieved on 2011-12-16.
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288:Voorvechtster van de veteranensport
147:and 11th at the Zevenheuvelenloop.
13:
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14:
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214:(ARRS). Retrieved on 2011-12-08.
106:. She reached the podium at the
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206:van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-08).
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125:race. Pullen also won the 15K
1:
1590:Dutch female marathon runners
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7:
10:
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150:She was tenth at the 1999
16:Dutch long-distance runner
1610:20th-century Dutch people
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860:
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336:Atlete Pullen verongelukt
145:Oostende Brugge Ten Miles
57:
1615:21st-century Dutch women
1605:20th-century Dutch women
1400:Annelieke van der Sluijs
286:Bos, Rolf (2003-01-30).
312:Groet uit Schoorl 30 km
30:who competed mainly in
1595:People from Oisterwijk
251:1992 Marathon Rankings
121:distance at the Dutch
1508:Truphena Chepchirchir
1373:Valentina Poltavskaya
275:VTM Telecomloop 15 km
263:Monster Half Marathon
160:Groet Uit Schoorl Run
123:Monster Half Marathon
28:long-distance runner
1409:Tatjana Perepelkina
1171:Katharina Steinruck
984:Halina Karnatsevich
912:Czeslawa Mentlewicz
594:Catherina McKiernan
195:Dutch Championships
1382:Marleen van Reusel
1355:Nadezhda Wijenberg
1224:Eindhoven Marathon
1154:Caroline Chepkwony
1091:Konstantina Kefala
1046:Petra van Tongeren
1028:Nadezhda Wijenberg
1010:Lidya Vasilevskaya
729:Valentine Kipketer
540:Paulina Grigorenko
513:Gabriela Gorzyńska
450:Annie van Stiphout
380:Amsterdam Marathon
239:Rotterdam Marathon
208:Eindhoven Marathon
152:Rome City Marathon
96:Frankfurt Marathon
88:Rotterdam Marathon
81:Amsterdam Marathon
72:Eindhoven Marathon
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1561:
1490:Iwona Lewandowska
1247:Annelies van Dijk
1226:– women's winners
1190:
1189:
1180:Maurine Chepkemoi
855:– women's winners
853:Enschede Marathon
819:
818:
675:Magdaline Chemjor
108:Enschede Marathon
76:Westland Marathon
68:Zevenheuvelenloop
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1538:
1535:Betty Chepleting
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1502:
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1301:Liesbeth van Ast
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1292:Adriana Andrescu
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921:Natalia Repescko
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756:Meselech Melkamu
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549:Yoshiko Yamamoto
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468:Eefje van Wissen
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415:Plonie Scheringa
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1472:Aberume Mekuria
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1415:
1406:
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1391:Vivian Ruijters
1388:
1379:
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1352:
1343:
1337:Mieke Hombergen
1334:
1325:
1319:Carla Beurskens
1316:
1307:
1298:
1289:
1283:Mieke Hombergen
1280:
1274:Mieke Hombergen
1271:
1265:Heather MacDuff
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1256:Heather MacDuff
1253:
1244:
1235:
1227:
1221:
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1186:
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1168:
1160:
1151:
1145:Kellen Waithira
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939:Franca Fiacconi
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603:Lornah Kiplagat
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156:Almere Marathon
136:Montferland Run
131:Boston Marathon
127:VTM Telecomloop
115:Berlin Marathon
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11:
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1445:Beata Naigambo
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720:Meseret Hailu
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1481:Ruth Wanjiru
1436:Lydia Kurgat
1427:Lydia Kurgat
1418:Agnes Hijman
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1282:
1273:
1162:
1136:Betty Lempus
1109:Reina Visser
1064:Polly Nkambi
1037:Abidi Tigist
1019:Gea Siekmans
992:
957:Mieke Pullen
956:
791:Angela Tanui
782:
567:Agnes Hijman
558:Barbara Kamp
531:Mieke Pullen
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20:Mieke Pullen
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1575:1953 births
1127:Sarah Jebet
1080:2010–2011:
894:Helen Comsa
800:Almaz Ayana
711:Tiki Gelana
612:Abeba Tolla
486:Teresa Kidd
441:Marja Wokke
432:Ria Harmens
172:Warandeloop
54:, aged 45.
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182:References
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783:cancelled
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630:Gete Wami
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424:cancelled
100:Singapore
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48:Singapore
40:Amsterdam
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300:Historie
168:Brisbane
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1479:2013:
1470:2012:
1461:2011:
1452:2010:
1443:2009:
1434:2008:
1425:2007:
1416:2006:
1407:2005:
1398:2004:
1389:2003:
1380:2002:
1371:2001:
1362:2000:
1353:1999:
1344:1998:
1335:1997:
1326:1996:
1317:1995:
1308:1994:
1299:1993:
1290:1992:
1281:1991:
1272:1990:
1263:1988:
1254:1986:
1245:1984:
1236:1982:
1178:2022:
1169:2021:
1161:2020:
1152:2019:
1143:2018:
1134:2017:
1125:2016:
1116:2015:
1107:2014:
1098:2013:
1089:2012:
1084:(NED)
1075:(GER)
1071:2009:
1066:(NED)
1062:2008:
1057:(NED)
1053:2007:
1048:(NED)
1044:2006:
1039:(ETH)
1035:2005:
1030:(NED)
1026:2004:
1021:(NED)
1017:2003:
1012:(RUS)
1008:2002:
1003:(ITA)
999:2001:
991:2000:
986:(BLR)
982:1999:
977:(POL)
973:1998:
968:(NED)
964:1997:
959:(NED)
955:1996:
950:(UKR)
946:1995:
941:(ITA)
937:1994:
932:(SUI)
928:1993:
923:(RSA)
919:1992:
914:(TCH)
910:1991:
905:(TCH)
901:1989:
896:(SUI)
892:1987:
887:(NED)
883:1985:
878:(ENG)
874:1983:
869:(USA)
865:1981:
807:2023:
798:2022:
789:2021:
781:2020:
772:2019:
754:2016:
745:2015:
736:2014:
727:2013:
718:2012:
709:2011:
700:2010:
691:2009:
682:2008:
673:2007:
664:2006:
655:2005:
646:2004:
637:2003:
628:2002:
619:2001:
610:2000:
601:1999:
592:1998:
583:1997:
574:1996:
565:1995:
556:1994:
547:1993:
538:1992:
529:1991:
520:1990:
511:1989:
502:1988:
493:1987:
484:1986:
475:1985:
466:1984:
457:1983:
448:1982:
430:1979:
422:1978:
413:1977:
404:1976:
395:1975:
104:Zwolle
58:Career
52:Haaren
1554:(NED)
1537:(KEN)
1528:(BEL)
1519:(KEN)
1510:(KEN)
1501:(BEL)
1492:(POL)
1483:(KEN)
1474:(ETH)
1465:(KEN)
1456:(ETH)
1447:(NAM)
1438:(KEN)
1429:(KEN)
1420:(NED)
1411:(RUS)
1402:(NED)
1393:(NED)
1384:(BEL)
1375:(UKR)
1366:(NED)
1357:(NED)
1348:(ROM)
1339:(NED)
1330:(ROM)
1321:(NED)
1312:(NED)
1303:(NED)
1294:(ROM)
1285:(NED)
1276:(NED)
1267:(ENG)
1258:(ENG)
1249:(NED)
1240:(NED)
1182:(KEN)
1173:(GER)
1156:(KEN)
1147:(KEN)
1138:(KEN)
1129:(KEN)
1120:(NED)
1111:(NED)
1102:(NED)
1093:(GRE)
811:(ETH)
802:(ETH)
793:(KEN)
776:(ETH)
767:(ETH)
758:(ETH)
749:(KEN)
740:(ETH)
731:(KEN)
722:(ETH)
713:(ETH)
704:(KEN)
695:(ETH)
686:(KEN)
677:(KEN)
668:(KEN)
659:(ETH)
650:(SLO)
641:(POR)
632:(ETH)
623:(ETH)
614:(ETH)
605:(KEN)
596:(IRL)
587:(ETH)
578:(RUS)
569:(NED)
560:(NED)
551:(JPN)
542:(RUS)
533:(NED)
524:(POL)
515:(POL)
506:(ROM)
497:(ROM)
488:(IRL)
479:(NED)
470:(NED)
461:(HUN)
452:(NED)
443:(NED)
434:(NED)
417:(NED)
408:(NED)
399:(NED)
340:Trouw
102:and
46:and
22:née
1571::
382:–
338:.
219:^
210:.
83:.
42:,
38:,
1216:e
1209:t
1202:v
845:e
838:t
831:v
372:e
365:t
358:v
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