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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Martha.
Martha Ernstdóttir
Personal information
NationalityIcelandic
Born (1964-12-22) 22 December 1964 (age 59)
Reykjavík, Iceland[1]
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon

Martha Ernstdóttir (born 22 December 1964) is an Icelandic long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2]

Personal life

Martha is married to Jón Oddsson[3][4] who was a member of both the Icelandic men's national football team[5] and the Icelandic track and field national team.[6][7] She is the aunt of middle-distance track athlete Aníta Hinriksdóttir.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Hlaupið út í frelsið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 August 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martha Ernstdóttir Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ Bryndís Hólm (25 March 1995). "Þrjósku að þakka hve langt ég hef náð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Mikilvægt að vera sprækur". Dagur-Tíminn (in Icelandic). 4 June 1997. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Félagsmaður - Jón Oddsson". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  6. ^ Sigmundur Ó. Steinarsson (2014). Saga landsliðs karla (PDF) (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. p. 275. ISBN 978-9935-9229-0-8. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  7. ^ Sigurður Pétursson (2017). Knattspyrnusaga Ísfirðinga. Púkamót, félag. pp. 250–251. ISBN 978-9935-24-189-4.
  8. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (1 March 2013). "Eins og fiðrildi upp Esjuna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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