Yelena Motalova (russian: Елена Моталова; born 28 January 1971) is a
long-distance runner
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Within e ...
from
Russia
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, who specializes mainly in the
3000 metres steeplechase
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. She is a former
world record
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holder in this obstacle race, clocking 9:48.88 on 31 July 1999 in
Tula
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. She was the Russian national champion in the steeplechase in 1999. She competed at the
1998 IAAF World Road Relay Championships for Russia and led off her team to sixth place. She won the
Murtenlauf in 1999 and the
Annecy Half Marathon in 2001.
Elena Motalova
Association of Road Racing Statisticians
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. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
International competitions
National titles
*Russian Athletics Championships
The Russian Athletics Championships (russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), which serves as the Russian ...
**3000 m steeplechase: 1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
References
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1971 births
Living people
Russian female long-distance runners
Russian female steeplechase runners
Russian female cross country runners
Russian Athletics Championships winners
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
20th-century Russian women
21st-century Russian women
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