Yelena Sipatova (russian: Елена Сипатова; born 7 June 1955) is a retired long-distance runner from the

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, and a former winner of the Rome City Marathon (1995) and the

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(1993).

Career

She was the first IAAF-recognised women's

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holder in the

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with her time of 32:17.20 minutes. She also set an unrecognised world best in the 5000 metres, with 15:24.6 minutes in 1981. Her first successes came under her maiden name, Yelena Chernysheva (also transliterated Elena Chernyshova), and she was the individual bronze medallist and team gold medallist at the

1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times. Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, ...

. She repeated that same feat at the 1981 event and won a third and final team title at the 1982 edition (leading the Soviet women in seventh). On the track she competed in the 3000 metres. She won a silver outdoors at the 1981 European Cup, then won a bronze medal at the

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. She was a gold medallist at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships.European Indoor Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.

International competitions

Circuit wins

* Rome City Marathon: 1995 (2:32:57) * Lille Marathon 1995 (2:36:21)

References

1955 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Russian female long-distance runners Soviet female long-distance runners Russian female marathon runners Soviet female marathon runners World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub