Christina Mai

Christina Angela Mai (born 3 September 1961) is a retired (West) German long-distance runner.

In the 1980s she finished lowly at the 1986 and the 1987 World Cross Country Championships.^[1] She later competed on the highest level in 3000 metres indoors. She finished fifth at the 1987 European Indoor Championships,^[2] was disqualified in the final round at the 1991 World Indoor Championships, finished fourth at the 1993 World Indoor Championships,^[1] sixth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships,^[3] and fourth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships.^[4] She later started, but did not finish, the 1997 World Half Marathon Championships

Mai became German indoor champion in the 3000 metres in 1993 and 1994.^[5] She became West German half marathon champion in 1987, and won the club competition in this event from 1983 through 1991 except for 1988. She became national cross-country running champion in 1991 (long race) and 1994 (short race), and took several club titles here as well. She once won a club title in the marathon; in 1983. She represented the clubs and .^[6][7][8] She also won individual silver and bronze medals in the 3000 and 10,000 metres.^[9][10]

His personal best times are 8:54.16 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in August 1991 in Menden; 15:47.73 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in May 1993 in Köln; 32:55.18 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June 1991 in Potsdam; and 2:36:20 hours in the marathon, achieved at the 1997 Frankfurt Marathon.^{[11][12][13][14]}

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