- Cor Vriend
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Cornelis ("Cor") Wilhelmus Pieter Vriend (born November 8, 1949 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a former long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who mainly competed in the marathon. He participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country; in 1980 (Moscow, 41st place) and 1984 (Los Angeles, 39th place). During the early 1980s he was overshadowed by his fellow countryman Gerard Nijboer.
Vriend twice won the Amsterdam Marathon, in 1983 and 1984. He also won the Enschede Marathon in 1981 and the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in Japan in 1984. He is the Dutch record holder for the relatively obscure 25,000 m and 30,000 m track events, both of which he set on 22 August 1981.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing the 
Netherlands1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 41st Marathon 2:26:41 1981 Enschede Marathon Enschede, Netherlands 1st Marathon 2:15:54 Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 13th Marathon 2:14:25 1982 Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st Marathon 2:12:15 European Championships Athens, Greece — Marathon DNF 1983 Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st Marathon 2:13:41 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 39th Marathon 2:21:08 Beppu-Ōita Marathon Beppu-Ōita, Japan 1st Marathon 2:12:05 References
- (Dutch) PSV Atletiek
External links
- IAAF profile for Cor Vriend
Amsterdam Men's Marathon Winners 1975: Jørgen Jensen (DEN) · 1976: Karel Lismont (BEL) · 1977: Bill Rodgers (USA) · 1978: Not Held · 1979: Ferenc Szekeres (HUN) · 1980: Gerard Nijboer (NED) · 1981: Ferenc Szekeres (HUN) · 1982: Cor Vriend (NED) · 1983: Cor Vriend (NED) · 1984: Gerard Nijboer (NED) · 1985: Jose Reveyn (BEL) · 1986: William Vanhuylenbroek (BEL) · 1987: John Burra (TAN) · 1988: Gerard Nijboer (NED) · 1989: Gerard Nijboer (NED) · 1990: Zerehune Gitaw (ETH) · 1991: Tesfaye Tafa (ETH) · 1992: Inocencio Miranda (MEX) · 1993: Kenichi Suzuki (JPN) · 1994: Tesfaye Eticha (ETH) · 1995: Hisayuki Okawa (JPN) · 1996: Joseph Chebet (KEN) · 1997: Sammy Korir (KEN) · 1998: Sammy Korir (KEN) · 1999: Fred Kiprop (KEN) · 2000: Francisco Javier Cortés (ESP) · 2001: Driss El Himer (FRA) · 2002: Benjamin Kimutai (KEN) · 2003: William Kipsang (KEN) · 2004: Robert Cheboror (KEN) · 2005: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) · 2006: Solomon Busendich (KEN) · 2007: Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) · 2008: Paul Kirui (KEN) · 2009: Gilbert Yegon (KEN) · 2010: Getu Feleke (ETH) · 2011: Wilson Chebet (KEN)Enschede Men's Marathon Winners 1947: Eero Riikonen (FIN) • 1949: Jack Holden (ENG) • 1951: Veikko Karvonen (FIN) • 1953: Jim Peters (ENG) • 1955: Reinaldo Gorno (ARG) • 1957: Piet Bleeker (NED) • 1959: Pavel Kantorek (TCH) • 1961: Peter Wilkinson (GBR) • 1963: Václav Chudomel (TCH) • 1965: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) • 1967: Yoshiro Mifune (JPN) • 1969: Kazuo Matsubara (JPN) • 1971: Bernie Allen (ENG) • 1973 – 1975: Ron Hill (ENG) • 1977: Brian Maxwell (CAN) • 1979: Kirk Pfeffer (USA) • 1981: Cor Vriend (NED) • 1983: Kevin Forster (GBR) • 1985: Zoltan Köszegi (HUN) • 1987 – 1989: Marti ten Kate (NED) • 1991: Sergey Prorokov (URS) • 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) • 1993: Jan Tau (RSA) • 1994: Piotr Poblocki (POL) • 1995: Viktor Goural (UKR) • 1996: John Mandu (KEN) • 1997: Dmitriy Kapitonov (RUS) • 1998: Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI) • 1999: Anatoli Zerouk (UKR) • 2000: Cancelled • 2001: El Mustapha Riad (MAR) • 2002: Raymond Kipkoech (KEN) • 2003: Wilson Kibet (KEN) • 2004: Girma Tolla (ETH) • 2005: John Kelai (KEN) • 2006: Sammy Rotich (KEN) • 2007: Thomson Cherogony (KEN) • 2008: Silas Toek (KEN) • 2009: Jacob Kipchumba Yator (KEN) • 2010: John Kelai (KEN) • 2011: Stephen Kiprotich (UGA)
Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Dutch long-distance runners
- Dutch athletes
- Olympic athletes of the Netherlands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- People from Eindhoven
- Dutch athletics biography stubs
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