Lyudmila Vasiliyevna Rogachova (russian: Людмила Васильевна Рогачёва; born 30 October 1966 in Lad Balka) is a retired

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

n middle-distance runner who competed mainly in the

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. She became a World Indoor and European champion in this event, and won an Olympic silver medal in

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with a personal best time of 3:56.91 - beating future

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holder

Qu Yunxia Qu Yunxia (; born 25 December 1972 in Dalian) is a Chinese Olympic athlete who specialized in the 1500 metres. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she won a bronze medal in 1500 m. On 9 November 1993 she set the world record in the 1500 me ...

into bronze. Her

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PB was 1:56.82.

International competitions

References

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