Lioudmila Kortchaguina (russian: Людмила Корчагина, Lyudmila Korchagina, born 26 July 1971) is a

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marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

runner of Russian descent. Kortchaguina was born in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

, Soviet Russia, and became a Canadian citizen in June 2005. She has represented Canada internationally in events such as the

2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The 14th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada on 1 October 2005. The competition was replaced by the World Road Running Championships in 2006 and 2007, but revived as IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2008. ...

and the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

IAAF World Ranking

Kortchaguina's current world ranking in Women's Marathon is 914th, with her overall world ranking at 9,692nd. As for her highest ever world ranking positions, she was ranked 837th in Women's Marathon, 656th in Women's Road Running, and 8,979th in Women's Overall Ranking.

IAAF Race Records

Kortchaguina's first recorded IAAF Race result occurred on August 7, 1982, in Leningrad(RUS), where she competed in the 5,000m race and placed 1st with a time of 16:27 (16 minutes & 27 seconds). The next day on August 8, 1982, Kortchaguina achieved another 1st-place finish, this time in the 10,000m race. She finished with a time of 34:04.5 (34 minutes & 4.5 seconds). On October 13, 1996, Kortchaguina finished 1st in the Lyon Marathon in France, with a time of 2:35:35 (2 hours, 35 minutes, & 35 seconds). Less than a month later, on November 10, 1996, she finished 4th in the Puteaux Marathon in France, with a time of 2:34:39 (2 hours, 34 minutes, & 39 seconds). The winner of the 1996 Puteaux Marathon, Lidia Panciu, finished with a time of 2:33:22, only 1 minute & 17 seconds faster than Kortchaguina. On October 15, 2000, Kortchaguina competed in the Istanbul Marathon, achieving a 7th-place finish with a time of 2:46:00 (2 hours & 46 minutes). In the 2006 Commonwealth Games, held in Melbourne, Kortchaguina achieved a 6th-place finish in Women's Marathon with a time of 2:36:43 (2 hours, 36 minutes, & 43 seconds).

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* * * * 1971 births Living people Athletes from Toronto Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Russian female marathon runners Russian female long-distance runners Canadian female long-distance runners Canadian female marathon runners Canadian people of Russian descent Naturalized citizens of Canada Soviet emigrants to Canada Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada {{canada-athletics-bio-stub