Personal information | |
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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.
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.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Soviet Union | |||||
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 | |||
Representing Unified Team | |||||
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 3000 m | |
Representing Russia | |||||
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
- ^ 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
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded byKathrin Weßel | Women's 5000 m Best Year Performance 1990 |
Succeeded byElana Meyer |
Preceded byElana Meyer | Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1992 |
Succeeded byWang Junxia |
Preceded bySonia O'Sullivan | Women's 5000 m Best Year Performance 1994 |
Succeeded byFernanda Ribeiro |
Olympic champions in women's 3000 metres and 5000 metres | |
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5000 m |
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Note: In 1996, the 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m. |
European Athletics Championships champions in women's 10,000 metres | |
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World Best Year Performance in Women's 5000 metres | |
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Russian Athletics Championships women's 5000 metres champions | |
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