Inna Yevseyeva (russian: Инна Евсеева; born 14 August 1964) is a retired middle-distance

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who specialised in the

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. She was born in

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and represented the

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in the 1980s and the early 1990s, and then

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. A two-time Olympian, Yevseyeva finished sixth in the 1988 Olympic 800 m final in

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and fourth in the 1992 Olympic 800 m final in

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. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres with 1:56.0 on 4 July 1988 at a meet in

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, which made her the fastest 800m woman in the world for 1988.

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1964 births Living people Ukrainian female middle-distance runners Soviet female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Sportspeople from Zhytomyr World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub