Martha Ernstdóttir (born 22 December 1964) is an Icelandic

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. She competed in the women's marathon at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

Personal life

Martha is married to

Jón Oddsson Jón Halldór Oddsson (born 25 January 1958) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete. He was a member of both the Icelandic men's national football team and the Icelandic track and field national team. Athletics Jón competed in track and f ...

who was a member of both the Icelandic men's national football team and the Icelandic

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national team. She is the

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of middle-distance track athlete

Aníta Hinriksdóttir Aníta Hinriksdóttir (born 13 January 1996) is an Icelandic Middle-distance running, middle-distance Track and field, track athlete who specializes in the 800 metres. She won the bronze medal in the event at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor ...

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