Winnie Ng
Personal information
NationalityHong Konger
Born (1952-08-07) 7 August 1952
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon

Winnie Lai Chu Ng (born 7 August 1952) is a Hong Kong long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] She holds a personal best of 2:42:38 hours for the marathon, set in 1984.

She was the inaugural winner of the Singapore Marathon in 1982 and won the Hong Kong Marathon in both 1980 and 1982. She has also won the Melbourne Marathon (1994), Taipei Marathon (1986) and the Macau Half Marathon (1999, 2001). She has raced at the world's highest level marathons, including the London Marathon, Boston Marathon, New York City Marathon, Tokyo Women's Marathon, Rotterdam Marathon and Nagoya Women's Marathon. Her best performance at that level was eight at the 1982 London Marathon.[2]

She was twice a participant in the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics, finished 23rd in 1993 and 30th in 1995. She was entered for the 1983 World Championships Marathon but did not start the race.[3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1983 World Women's Road Race Championships San Diego, California 43rd 10K 35:24
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, California 31st Marathon 2:42:38
1985 World Marathon Cup Hiroshima, Japan 54th Marathon 2:54:42
1989 World Marathon Cup Milan, Italy 47th Marathon 2:55:04
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 23rd Marathon 2:58:41
1994 World Half Marathon Championships Oslo, Norway 77th Half marathon 1:17:37
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 30th Marathon 3:01:08
2000 Asian Marathon Championships Pattaya, Thailand 3rd Marathon 3:09:43

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Winnie Ng Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Singapore Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (24 January 2009). Retrieved on 19 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Winnie Ng". IAAF. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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