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We are a proud sponsor of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. This year’s theme, African Champions Unite, embodied Sanlam’s mission to be an African champion that fosters financial inclusion and confidence.
This year, the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon made history as an Abbott World Marathon Majors Candidate. The 5 km and 10 km Peace Runs took place on 15 October, along with the 22 km trail run and 46 km trail marathon. The 42.2 km marathon took place on 16 October.
South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka won the marathon in 2:09:58, while Meseret Dinke Meleka of Ethiopia won the women’s race in 2:24:02.
For the first time ever, the event also featured an elite wheelchair race. America’s Aaron Pike won the men’s wheelchair race in 1:40:15, and Brazil’s Vanessa Cristina De Souza won the women’s wheelchair race in 1:57:48.
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Sporting greats drive our vision.
Two of South Africa’s most celebrated sporting greats, Francois Pienaar and Elana Meyer, have joined forces to drive the vision of turning the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon into one of the World Marathon Majors.
Once the inspirational rugby leader who stood by Nelson Mandela’s side to rouse an entire nation to unity, Francois remains as committed as ever to help develop South Africa through sporting achievement.
His successful business, Advent Sport Entertainment and Media (Pty) Ltd is well positioned to work with Western Cape Athletics and the City of Cape Town to stage and promote the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon as Africa’s leading City Marathon.
Determined to breathe fresh life into long-distance running in South Africa, Elana has turned her formidable, disciplined focus and energy to grow the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon into a prestigious global event.
Together with her work as co-director of ENDUROCAD, Elana sees the realisation of the goals of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon as an ideal opportunity to inspire and support South Africa’s young, talented long-distance runners to achieve greatness.
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Every spring, the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon attracts thousands of running enthusiasts who enjoy 42.2 kilometres of spectacular scenery.
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