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Olesya Leonidovna Nurgalieva (born 9 January 1976 in Perm Krai; russian: Олеся Леонидовна Нургалиева) is a Russian
Olesya Leonidovna Nurgalieva (born 9 January 1976 in Perm Krai; russian: Олеся Леонидовна Нургалиева) is a Russian ultramarathon
An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...
runner. She won the Two Oceans Marathon
The Two Oceans Marathon is a 56 km / 35-mile ultramarathon and 21 km half-marathon held annually in Cape Town, South Africa on the Saturday of the Easter weekend.
Known globally as "the world's most beautiful marathon",Hamlett, Alison ...
3 times and the Comrades Marathon twice, and together with her identical twin Elena Nurgalieva
Elena Leonidovna Nurgalieva (born 9 January 1976 in Perm Krai; russian: Елена Леонидовна Нургалиева) is a Russian ultramarathon runner. She won the Comrades Marathon 8 times and the Two Oceans Marathon 4 times, and with ...
dominated the Comrades and Two Oceans, South Africa's main ultramarathon
An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...
s, from 2003 to 2014.
Ultramarathon career
Nurgalieva won the 42.2 km Honolulu Marathon in 2005, the 56 kmTwo Oceans Marathon
The Two Oceans Marathon is a 56 km / 35-mile ultramarathon and 21 km half-marathon held annually in Cape Town, South Africa on the Saturday of the Easter weekend.
Known globally as "the world's most beautiful marathon",Hamlett, Alison ...
in 2008, 2010 and 2011, and the Comrades Marathon in 2007 and 2009.
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* 1976 births Living people People from Perm Krai Russian female long-distance runners Russian female marathon runners Russian ultramarathon runners Twin sportspeople Russian twins Female ultramarathon runners Sportspeople from Perm Krai 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub