Yelena Ivanovna Bolsun (russian: Елена Ивановна Болсун; born March 10, 1983 in Irkutsk) is a Russian female former sprinter who specialised in the

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 ...

. She represented her country in that discipline at the 2004 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals. She competed at the

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

on four occasions, three times in the 200 m and once in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

. Among her international honours were a 200 m gold medal at the

2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sym ...

, a silver at the 2005 European Cup, and a gold and two silvers at the

2007 Military World Games The 2007 Military World Games, officially the 4th CISM Military World Games were held at the twin-cities Hyderabad - Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India from 14–21 October 2007. Some parts of the games were also held in Mumbai. According to p ...

. Bolsun won the 200 m at the Russian Athletics Championships in 2003.Russian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

International competitions

National titles

* Russian Athletics Championships **200 m: 2003

References

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1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Irkutsk Russian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub