Sonja Oberem

Sonja Oberem, born Sonja Krolik on 24 February 1973 in Rheydt, is a German athlete who made her name in marathon running after a successful youth career in triathlon. As a triathlete she was European champion over the Olympic distance in 1992 and 1994, won bronze in 1991 and was German champion in 1993 and 1994. She then moved to the roads, finishing eighth in the marathon at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 24th at Sydney in 2000, with a personal best of 2:26:13 from 2001. She won the Hamburg and Athens marathons and earned European bronze in 2002. Off the course she chaired the Triathlon Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and sat on the European Triathlon Union board.