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Green Number Club

Roll of Honour

The criteria for inclusion in the Comrades Marathon Green Number Club Roll of Honour is:
3 wins or 5 golds or 10 plus medals

The names recorded in this roll are of runners who have earned their Comrades Marathon number in perpetuity, members of an exclusive band of individuals who have experienced a special relationship with this great race.

The concept of Green Numbers was first introduced in the 1972, but it was applied retrospectively so that the names listed herein do in fact constitute a complete list of individuals who have met the criteria. To date 8809 runners have earned the distinction.

We strive to ensure that the information is up-to-date and accurate, we sincerely regret any errors that may occur. We kindly request that you check the details and should you discover a discrepancy please notify the CMA in writing by sending your query to:

Katia Jones
Comrades Marathon Association
PO Box 100621
Scottsville, 3209
South Africa

The Comrades Marathon Association congratulate and honour each and every one of you who have formed part of the history of the Comrades Marathon.

Our Golden Comrades

Criteria : 3 wins or 5 golds

Women

Race No Name Golds Wins LastYear
4104 Maria Bak 11 3 2008
39390 Marina Bychkova 9 - 2008
1482 Valentina Shatyayeva 9 - 2002
25609 Farwa Mentoor 7 - 2008
5145 Grace De Oliveira 7 - 2008
19987 Elena Nurgalieva 6 4 2008
27860 Elvira Kolpakova 5 1 2006
19988 Olesya Nurgalieva 5 1 2008
19986 Tatyana Zhirkova 5 1 2008
1483 Valentina Liakhova 5 1 1999
24060 Berna Daly 5 - 1999
38449 Yolande Maclean 5 - 2007
6511 Helen Lucre 4 3 1995
6792 Frith Van Der Merwe 3 3 2006
663 Lettie Van Zyl - 3 1982

Men

Race No Name Golds Wins Last Year
1704 Alan Robb 12 4 2008
2403 Bruce Fordyce 11 9 2008
9 Jackie Mekler 10 5 1995
17 Trevor Allen 10 2 1962 #
35782 Andrew Kelehe 10 1 2008
6845 Shaun Meiklejohn 10 1 2003
4874 Hoseah Tjale 9 - 1995
13617 Nick Bester 9 1 2008
104 Gordon Baker 8 - 1975
67 Allen Boyce 8 1 1982 #
41 Hardy Ballington 7 5 1947 #
39358 Vladimir Kotov 7 3 2008
5 Gerald Walsh 7 2 1960 #
1741 Charl Mattheus 7 1 2001
14084 Fusi Nhlapo 7 1 2008
49673 Oleg Kharitonov 7 1 2008
168 Manie Kuhn 6 1 1982 #
7 Reg Allison 6 1 1951
4006 Alexi Volgin 6 - 2003
2516 Boysie Van staden 6 - 2008
666 Graeme Fraser 6 - 1989
4 Nick Raubenheimer 6 - 1975 #
44 Bill Cochrane 5 2 1946 #
4889 Jaroslaw Janicki 5 1 2008
2390 Dave Wright 5 - 1995
3720 Deon Holtzhausen 5 - 1994
26 Fred Wallace 5 - 1937 #
44 Fritz Madel 5 - 1993 #
39356 Grigory Murzin 5 - 2008
26 John Ballington 5 - 1951
240 Koos Sutherland 5 - 1993
29974 Mohala Mohloli 5 - 2008
26183 Sarel Ackermann 5 - 2005
47 Timothy Blankley 5 - 2001
1119 Willie Mtolo 5 - 2008
2 Wally Hayward 4 5 1989 #
303 Dave Bagshaw 4 3 1975
77 Arthur Newton - 5 1927 #

#Deceased

Gold Medals were not awarded to women prior to 1983.

Comrades Wins were not awarded to women prior to 1976.

Click here to view the Women's Green Number Listing

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