Véronique Marot

Marie-Véronique Antoinette Colette Jeannine Marot (born September 16, 1955 in Compiègne, France) is a former elite long distance runner from England, and a past winner of the London Marathon.

Marot became a British citizen in 1983, and first broke the British record in the 1985 Chicago Marathon (2:28:04). She won the 1989 London Marathon in 2.25.56, a time which stood as a British record for 13 years until beaten by Paula Radcliffe in 2002, and remains third on the UK all-time rankings.

She is also a triple winner of the Houston Marathon (1986, 1989, 1991), and double winner of the Around the Bay Road Race in Ontario (1991, 1992). Marot finished 16th in the 1992 Olympic marathon.

She is president of Leeds City AC.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing United Kingdom
1981	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	9th	Marathon	2:46:51
1983	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	7th	Marathon	2:36:24
1984	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:33:58
1985	Reading Half Marathon	Reading, United Kingdom	1st	Half marathon	1:12:56
	Houston Marathon	Houston, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:31:16
	World Cup Marathon	Hiroshima, Japan	8th	Marathon	2:37:05
	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	9th	Marathon	2:35:12
	Bolton Marathon	Bolton, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon	2:42:01
	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	5th	Marathon	2:28:04
1986	Houston Marathon	Houston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:31:33
	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	—	Marathon	DNF
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	—	Marathon	DNF
1987	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	3rd	Marathon	2:30:15
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	22nd	Marathon	2:45:02
1988	Humber Bridge Marathon	United Kingdom	1st	Marathon	2:38:25
	Columbus Marathon	Columbus, Ohio, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:33:36
1989	Houston Marathon	Houston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:30:16
	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon	2:25:56
1990	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	11th	Marathon	2:38:40
1991	Houston Marathon	Houston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:30:55
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	—	Marathon	DNF
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	16th	Marathon	2:42:55

Note: In 1985 Marot ran the London Marathon just 8 days after running in the World Cup Marathon.

External links

• Power of 10 UK Women’s Marathon Rankings
• Independent article by Simon Turnbull
• IAAF biography
• British record progression
• Leeds City Athletics Club
• gbrathletics