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Karen Holdsworth

Personal information
Born	(1960-08-02)2 August 1960
Died	30 April 2013(2013-04-30) (aged 52)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Medal record Marathon World Marathon Majors Representing  Great Britain 1983 Berlin Marathon

Karen Holdsworth (née Moody, also Goldhawk, 2 August 1960 – 30 April 2013) was a British marathon runner, who won the 1983 Berlin Marathon.

Career

Holdsworth was a member of South Shields athletics club. In 1981, Holdsworth won the inaugural Great North Run, finishing in a time of 1:17.36. In the same year, she finished sixth at the inaugural London Marathon, in a time of 2:43:28. In 1983, she won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:40:32. In the same year, she won the Paris Marathon. In 1984, she won the Reading and Fleet Half Marathons.

Marathon competition record

Source:

References

1. ^ "Karen Holdsworth". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
2. ^ "A classic case of runner's loneliness". The Guardian. 29 June 1981. p. 2. Retrieved 10 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Jo Pavey and Mara Yamauchi back for the Great North Run". BBC Sport. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
4. Temple, Cliff (1987). Running from A to Z. Paul. p. 91. ISBN 9780091664107.
5. Runner's World. Rodale, Inc. 1981. p. 48.
6. ^ Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). Running Encyclopedia. Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736037341.
7. "Reading Half Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links

• Karen Holdsworth at World Athletics

• 1960 births
• 2013 deaths
• English female marathon runners
• British female marathon runners
• Berlin Marathon female winners
• 20th-century British sportswomen
• 20th-century English sportswomen