Nadezhda Wijenberg
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Nadezhda ("Nadja") Alexeevna Wijenberg-Ilyina (born April 2, 1964 in Verknaja Jandoba) is a long-distance runner from Russia, who got the Dutch nationality in 1999 by marying her coach Ger Wijenberg from the Netherlands. She lives in Schinnen, Limburg, and ran her personal best (2:28:45) in the Eindhoven Marathon, on October 10, 1999. That performance gave her a ticket for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she finished in 22nd place.