Yelena Sipatova
| Medal record | ||
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| Women'sathletics | ||
Representing the Soviet Union
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| IAAF World Cross Country Championships | ||
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1980 Paris | Senior race |
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1981 Madrid | Senior race |
| European Athletics Championships | ||
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1982 Athens | 3000 m |
| European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
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1983 Budapest | 3000 m |
Yelena Sipatova(Russian:Елена Сипатова;born 7 June 1955) is a retiredlong-distance runnerfrom theSoviet Union,and a former winner of theRome City Marathon(1995)[1]and theIstanbul Marathon(1993).
Career
[edit]She was the firstIAAF-recognised women'sworld recordholder in the10,000 metreswith her time of 32:17.20 minutes. She also set an unrecognised world best in the5000 metres,with 15:24.6 minutes in 1981.[2]
Her first successes came under her maiden name, Yelena Chernysheva (also transliterated Elena Chernyshova),[3]and she was the individual bronze medallist and team gold medallist at the1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[4]She repeated that same feat at the1981 eventand won a third and final team title at the1982 edition(leading the Soviet women in seventh).[5]
On thetrackshe competed in the3000 metres.She won a silver outdoors at the1981 European Cup,then won a bronze medal at the1982 European Athletics Championships.[6]She was a gold medallist at the1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[7]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| RepresentingSoviet Union
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| 1980 | World Cross Country Championships | Paris,France | 3rd | Senior race | 15:52 |
| 1st | Senior team | 15 pts | |||
| 1981 | World Cross Country Championships | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | Senior race | 14:22 |
| 1st | Senior team | 24 pts | |||
| European Cup | Zagreb,Yugoslavia | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:49.99 | |
| 1982 | World Cross Country Championships | Rome, Italy | 7th | Senior race | 14:51.9 |
| 1st | Team | 44 pts | |||
| European Championships | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 3000 m | 8:34.06 | |
| 1983 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | 3000 m | 9:04.40 |
| World Cross Country Championships | Gateshead, England | 21st | Senior race | 14:21 | |
| 2nd | Team | 41 pts | |||
| 1986 | World Cross Country Championships | Colombier,Switzerland | 49th | Senior race | 15:54.9 |
| 7th | Senior team | 140 pts | |||
Circuit wins
[edit]- Rome City Marathon:1995 (2:32:57)
- Lille Marathon1995 (2:36:21)
References
[edit]- ^Rome City MarathonAssociation of Road Racing Statisticians.Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^"12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009"(PDF).Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 551.RetrievedAugust 9,2009.
- ^Elena Sipatova.Association of Road Racing Statisticians.Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^IAAF World Cross Country Championships 4.5km CC Women Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980.AthChamps (archived). Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^Yelena SipatovaatWorld Athletics
- ^European Championships (Women).GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^European Indoor Championships.GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
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- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
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- Soviet Athletics Championships winners
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