Jelena Anatolyevna Zadorozhnaya

Jelena Anatoljewna Sadoroschnaja ( Russian Елена Анатольевна Задорожная , English transcription Yelena Zadorozhnaya ; born December 3, 1977 in Ust-Kut ) is a Russian middle-distance , long-distance and obstacle runner .

Life

In 2001 she won over 3000 m bronze at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon and was sixth over 5000 m at the World Championships in Edmonton . In 2002 she won over 5000 m bronze at the European Championships in Munich . The following year she was eighth over 1500 m and fourth over 5000 m at the World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis , and at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Budapest, she finished sixth.

At the Olympic Games in Athens she was fourth as the fastest non-African runner over 5000 m. In 2005 she started at the World Championships in Helsinki over 3000 m obstacle and was sixth.

After a two-year break from competition, she qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but did not reach the finish line in the run-up.

In 2009 she switched to road running , finished seventh in the Berlin half marathon and won the Kassel City Run and the Trier New Year's Run .

Jelena Sadoroschnaja lives in Irkutsk , belongs to the Russian army and is trained by Alexandr Sapunov.

Personal bests

• 800 m : 2: 02.31 min, August 14, 1999, Zagreb
• 1500 m: 3: 59.94 min, August 16, 2002, Zurich
  • Hall: 4: 06.61 min, February 19, 2004, Moscow
• 1 mile : 4: 21.57 min, June 6, 2004, Tula
• 2000 m (hall): 5: 40.95 min, January 7, 2008, Yekaterinburg
• 3000 m: 8: 25.40 min, June 29, 2001, Rome
  • Hall: 8: 40.15 min, March 10, 2001, Lisbon
• 5000 m: 14: 40.47 min, June 24, 2001, Bremen
• Half marathon : 1:15:46 h, April 5, 2009, Berlin
• 3000 m obstacle: 9: 32.41 min, September 9, 2005, Monaco

Web links

• Yelena Zadorozhnaya in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Jelena Sadoroschnaja on RusAthletics (Russian)
• Jelena Anatoljewna Sadoroschnaja in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )