Olga Kotlyarova (born 12 April 1976 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in

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. She is also a world champion (indoor and outdoor) in this event. In 2005, she concentrated more on the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

distance, managing to set a new personal best and to finish fourth at the

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. In August 2006 she became the European Champion in the

Personal bests

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

- 23.35 (1996) *

- 49.77 (2004) *

- 1:57.24 (2006)

International competitions

References

* 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Russian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners World Athletics indoor record holders (relay) {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub