Hendrick Ramaala

Ramaala at the Berlin Marathon 2011

Hendrik Ramaala (born 2 February 1972 in GaMalepo, Pietersburg) is a South African long-distance runner, the winner of the 2004 New York City Marathon and 2004 Mumbai Marathon. He also has two silver medals from the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1998 and 1999. In 2006 he also won the men's Great North Run. He is a two-time national champion in the 5.000 metres.

Ramaala, a law graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand, holds the South African 10,000m record of 27:29.94 which he set in Port Elizabeth on 22 February 1999.

Other competition wins include the Belgrade Race Through History in 1997, the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale in 1998, the Lisbon Half Marathon in 2001 and the Portugal Half Marathon in 2003. He has also competed in cross country running and won the Belfast International Cross Country meeting in 1999.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
1998	Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale	Marseille, France	1st	Half marathon	1:00:36
2000	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	5th	Marathon	2:09:43
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	12th	Marathon	2:16:19
2001	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	Half marathon	1:00.26
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	5th	Marathon	2:11:18
2002	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	6th	Marathon	2:10:06
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	9th	Marathon	2:10:37
2004	Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai, India	1st	Marathon	2:15:47
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	—	Marathon	DNF
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	1st	Marathon	2:09:28
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	27th	Marathon	2:26:00

External links

• IAAF profile for Hendrick Ramaala
• TheFinalSprint.com Podcast (Episode #71): Interview with South African running legend Hendrick Ramaala
• South African senior records
• New York Times Interview

Sporting positions
Preceded by Haile Gebrselassie	Men's Half Marathon Best Year Performance 2003	Succeeded by Dejene Berhanu