Yelena Sipatova (russian: Елена Сипатова; born 7 June 1955) is a retired
long-distance runner
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Within e ...
from the
Soviet Union
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, and a former winner of the
Rome City Marathon
The Rome Marathon is an annual marathon competition hosted by the city of Rome, Italy.
History
The competition has also doubled as the Italian Marathon championships on two occasions; in 1983 and 1986. The race date was shifted from the ...
IAAF
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-recognised women's
world record
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holder in the
10,000 metres
The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...
with her time of 32:17.20 minutes. She also set an unrecognised world best in the
5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...
, with 15:24.6 minutes in 1981.
Her first successes came under her maiden name, Yelena Chernysheva (also transliterated Elena Chernyshova), and she was the individual bronze medallist and team gold medallist at the
1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.
Complete results for men,
junior men,
women,
medallists,
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. She repeated that same feat at the 1981 event and won a third and final team title at the 1982 edition (leading the Soviet women in seventh).
On the
track
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she competed in the
3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...
. She won a silver outdoors at the 1981 European Cup, then won a bronze medal at the
1982 European Athletics Championships
The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
Men's results
Compl ...
Rome City Marathon
The Rome Marathon is an annual marathon competition hosted by the city of Rome, Italy.
History
The competition has also doubled as the Italian Marathon championships on two occasions; in 1983 and 1986. The race date was shifted from the ...