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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]

Yelena Romanova

Personal information
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)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Club	SA Volgograd

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][2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	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

External links

• Yelena Romanova at World Athletics
• Yelena Romanova at Olympedia

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kathrin Weßel	Women's 5000 m Best Year Performance 1990	Succeeded by Elana Meyer
Preceded by Elana Meyer	Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1992	Succeeded by Wang Junxia
Preceded by Sonia O'Sullivan	Women's 5000 m Best Year Performance 1994	Succeeded by Fernanda Ribeiro

На других языках

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- [en] Yelena Romanova

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[fr] Yelena Romanova

Yelena Romanova (née le 20 mars 1963 et décédée le 28 janvier 2007 dans son appartement à Volgograd) est une ancienne athlète russe.

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[it] Elena Romanova

Eléna Nikolaevna Románova (in russo Елена Николаевна Романова?; Voronež, 20 marzo 1963 – Volgograd, 28 gennaio 2007) è stata una mezzofondista russa, campionessa olimpica dei 3000 metri piani ai Giochi di Barcellona 1992.

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[ru] Романова, Елена Николаевна

Елена Николаевна Рома́нова (в девичестве — Малыхина, 20 марта 1963 (1963-03-20), х. Верхнекумский, Волгоградская область, СССР — 28 января 2007, Волгоград, Россия) — советская и российская бегунья-стайер, олимпийская чемпионка 1992 года на дистанции 3000 м. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1991). Специализировалась на дистанциях 3000, 5000 и 10 000 м, а также в кроссе.

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