Yelena Anatolyevna Zadorozhnaya (russian: Елена Анатольевна Задорожная, born 3 December 1977 in Ustkut) is a Russian runner who specializes in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

and

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

International competitions

Personal bests

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 ...

- 2:02.31 min (1999) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

- 3:59.94 min (2002) *

Mile run The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...

- 4:21.57 min (2004) *

- 8:25.40 min (2001) *

- 14:40.47 min (2001) *

- 9:32.41 min (2005)

References

* * 1977 births Living people People from Irkutsk Oblast Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast Russian female middle-distance runners Russian female long-distance runners Russian female steeplechase runners Olympic female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub