Victoria Warpy
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| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1997 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | |||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 16:19.01 (Brugge, 2023) 10,000m 33:47.60 (Nijmegen, 2024) Half marathon 1:12:36 (Gentbrugge, 2024) Marathon 2:37:36 (Rotterdam, 2024) | |||||||||||
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Victoria Warpy (born 6 June 1997) is a Belgian long distance runner. The winner of the Antwerp Marathon in 2021, she won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]From Leuven, she studied physiotherapy at the University of Leuven and ran as a hobby. Coming to competetive athletics late, she ran the 2021 Antwerp Marathon, and was a suprise winner in a time of 3:02:12. The race also doubled-up as the Belgian National Championships. However, she did not receive the title because she was not affiliated with an official club.[2]
After that result, she began to be coached by Bart Raes and she went on to improve her marathon personal best by 15 minutes the following year. In 2023, at the Belgian Cross Country Championship in Brussels, she achieved a fourth place finish. She ran the Runners' lab Half Marathon in Gentbrugge – also considered the Belgian Championship – and won the bronze medal by running a new best time of 74.04. That year, she also finished third on the track in the 5000 metres at the 2023 Belgian Athletics Championships.[3] She was selected for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, where she placed 32nd overall.[4]
At the Rotterdam Marathon in April 2024 she ran a new personal best time of 2:37:32.[5]
In November 2024, she secured a place at the Belgian national cross country championships for the upcoming European Championships.[6] She won a bronze medal in the team race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey in December 2024.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Victoria Warpy". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Only started as a marathon runner two years ago, but on Sunday Victoria Warpy hopes to be selected for the European Cross Country Championships: "A few years ago I didn't even think I would ever have a chance"". Nieuwsblad.be. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Where does revelation Victoria Warpy come from? "Two years ago I ran a marathon as a challenge"". atni.be. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Euro Cross-Country in Brussels: Lisa Rooms and Chloé Herbiet in the top 10, Belgium wins bronze!". dhnet.be. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Victoria Warpy improves her best marathon performance by nine minutes in Rotterdam: "I never thought this was possible"". Nieuwsblad.be. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Isaac Kimeli and Jana Van Lent crowned Belgian cross country champions". Brussels Times. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Jana Van Lent surprises with fifth place at European Cross Country Championships: 'This is crazy'". Bruzz.be. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
