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Born | 8 September 1977 |
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Jessica Draskau Petersson (born 8 September 1977) is a Danish long-distance runner . Her fastest marathon time was set at the 2015 Bank of America Chicago marathon, where she ran a time of 2:30:07. [1] She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Olympic Marathon in Rio [2] She finished eighth in the marathon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships.[ citation needed]
Petersson has an LLB from the University of East Anglia and a master's degree on traditional knowledge and international law from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. [3] [4]