Yelena Romanova
Russian distance runner
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Born | 20 March 1963 (1963-03-20) Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 28 January 2007 (2007-01-29) (aged 43) Volgograd, Russia |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
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Sport | Middle-distance running |
Club | SA Volgograd |
Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova (Russian: Елена Николаевна Романова; 20 March 1963 – 28 January 2007) was a Russian distance runner. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1992.[1]
She was found dead of unknown causes at age 43 in her flat in Volgograd. At the time of her death she was employed as athletics coach at a local sports school and also worked with members of the Russian athletic team.[1]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 5th | 3000 m | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 4th | 3000 m | |
1990 | World Cross Country Championships | Aix-les-Bains, France | 3rd | Senior race | |
Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:51.79 | |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 2nd | 3000 m | |
1st | 10,000 m | ||||
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:36.06 PB |
— | 10,000 m | DNF | |||
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1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 3000 m | |
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1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 6th | 3000 m | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 6th | 5000 m |
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- List of 1992 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of Russian sportspeople
- 5000 metres at the Olympics
- 5000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yelena Romanova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
External links
- Yelena Romanova at World Athletics
- Yelena Romanova at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Women's 5000 m Best Year Performance 1990 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1992 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Women's 5000 m Best Year Performance 1994 | Succeeded by |
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- 1984:
Maricica Puică (ROU)
- 1988:
Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (URS)
- 1992:
Yelena Romanova (EUN)
- 1996:
Wang Junxia (CHN)
- 2000:
Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
- 2004:
Meseret Defar (ETH)
- 2008:
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
- 2012:
Meseret Defar (ETH)
- 2016:
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)
- 2020:
Sifan Hassan (NED)
Note: In 1996, the 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m.
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