Monika Schuri

Monika Schuri (born April 22, 1969 ) is a German long-distance runner .

The Athletics Späteinsteigerin took only 30 years ago on her first cross-country race in part. In 2002 she was the South German champion in the half marathon at the Fulda Marathon with a course record of 1:17:52 h .

In 2003 she came in 24th place in her debut over the 42.195 km distance at the Berlin Marathon in 2:44:39 h. A year later she improved to 13th place in the same place with a time of 2:40:27 h, after she had won the half -marathon distance in the Bienwald Marathon earlier this year .

In 2005 she finished ninth at the Berlin Half Marathon and then celebrated her greatest success at the Regensburg Marathon , where she was the overall winner in 2:39:19 h German marathon champion .

Monika Schuri is 1.70 m tall and weighs 50 kg. She works as an occupational therapist and nurse and starts working for LG Wehringen.

Personal bests

All times are current records in the FSVO district of Swabia (as of February 2010)

• 5000 m : 16: 19.91 min, July 2nd, 2005, Wattenscheid
• 10,000 m : 34: 30.23 min, June 26, 2004, Regensburg
• 10 km road run : 34:44 min, April 18, 2004, Augsburg
• Half marathon: 1:16:04 h, April 3, 2005, Berlin
• Marathon : 2:39:17 h, May 8, 2005, Regensburg

Web links

• Monika Schuri in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Monika Schuri - ascent of a late starter , article by Wilfried Matzke & Christian Fuchs on Leichtathletik.de, May 9, 2005