Marijke Moser
{{short description|Dutch-born Swiss middle and long-distance runner}}
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| birth_date = 13 November 1946
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Marijke Moser, née Van de Graaf (born 1946) is a former Dutch-born Swiss middle and long distance runner.{{cite web|title=Marijke Moser, pionnière des courses longues distances et première vainqueur de la catégorie Dames à la course Morat-Fribourg (1977)|url=http://www.lelac.ch/wordpress/fr/francais-une-soiree-en-compagnie-de-marijke-moser-pionniere-des-courses-longues-distances-et-premiere-vainqueur-de-la-categorie-dames-a-la-course-morat-fribourg-1977/|accessdate=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404015715/http://www.lelac.ch/wordpress/fr/francais-une-soiree-en-compagnie-de-marijke-moser-pionniere-des-courses-longues-distances-et-premiere-vainqueur-de-la-categorie-dames-a-la-course-morat-fribourg-1977/|archive-date=4 April 2016|url-status=dead}}. She has campaigned for women to enter races on the same terms as men. She was the first woman to run a marathon in under three hours.
Life
From the age of five to twelve, Marijke van de Graaf lived with her parents in Indonesia, where her father was physician.Robert Peterhand, [http://zueriraennt.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Moser-Marijke_5.2017.pdf Laufpionierin mit Idealen] In 1970 she married Albrecht Moser who was a member of the same athletics club as her in Hilversum in the Netherlands, after which the couple moved to Bern. Moser campaigned for the right of women to run in all raceson equal terms to men. She managed to participate in the male-only Morat-Freiburg race in 1971 as a "clandestine" entry. She registered as a man named Markus Aebischer.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tdg.ch/sports/actu/La-longue-course-des-femmes-de-l-injustice-a-levidence/story/14667211|title=La longue course des femmes, de l'injustice à l'évidence|work=tdg.ch/|access-date=2017-05-23}} Moser ran in the 1500m at the 1972 Olympics for Switzerland.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/marijke-moser-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123902/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/marijke-moser-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Marijke Moser Olympic Results |accessdate=29 October 2017}} She came eighth in the first heat and she was eliminated before the final.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200317184438/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/down.html Marijke Moser], SR Sports, Retrieved 23 May 2017 In October 1974 Moser finished a marathon at Neuf-Brisach with a time of 2:59:24. Having dual nationality, this made her the first Dutch and first Swiss woman to run the marathon under three hours. She never improved on this time, though in 1978 she became the first official Swiss female marathon winner in a time of 2:59:38.Wim Zonneveld, [http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/nieuws/2017/04/marijke-moser-de-eerste-nederlandse-marathonvrouw-onder-de-drie-uur/ Marijke Moser: de eerste Nederlandse marathonvrouw onder de drie uur], at sportgeschiedenis.nl (in Dutch)
Her partner was the athlete Albrecht Moser. Her daughter, Mirja Jenni-Moser (de), also participated in the Morat-Friborg race in 2006 4, 35 years after the success of her mother Marijke Moser.{{cite web|title=Points forts des 81 éditions de Morat – Fribourg|url=http://www.morat-fribourg.ch/public/fr/course.pdf|accessdate=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404083257/http://www.morat-fribourg.ch/public/fr/course.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2016|url-status=dead}}.
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Category:Swiss female long-distance runners
Category:Swiss female middle-distance runners
Category:Dutch female long-distance runners
Category:Dutch female middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics