Lyubov Mikhailovna Gurina

Lyubow Michailowna Gurina ( Russian Любовь Михайловна Гурина , English transcription Lyubov Gurina ; born August 6, 1957 in Matuschkino , Kirov Oblast ) is a former Russian middle-distance runner who ran until 1991 for the Soviet Union and 1992 for the Commonwealth of Independent States .

Life

In 1980 she had run the 800 meters under two minutes, but it was not until 1983 that she qualified for the first time for major international championships. At the World Championships in Helsinki she ran in 1: 56.11 minutes to second place behind the Czech Jarmila Kratochvílová .

In 1986 Gurina won bronze at the European Championships in Stuttgart in 1: 57.73 minutes behind her teammate Nadija Olisarenko in 1: 57.15 minutes and Sigrun Wodars from the GDR in 1: 57.42 minutes. In Rome at the 1987 World Championships , GDR runners Wodars and Christine Wachtel took the lead after just 100 meters and ultimately won the race unchallenged in 1: 55.26 min and 1: 55.32 min. Gurina won bronze in 1: 55.56 minutes ahead of Cuban Ana Fidelia Quirot in 1: 55.84 minutes.

At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , Gurina started in the 1500 meter run , but did not qualify for the final in 4: 08.59 minutes as the seventh of her prelim. In major championships, she then only ran the 800 meters.

She only started once at the European Indoor Championships. In 1990 in Glasgow she won in 2: 01.63 min before the German Sabine Zwiener in 2: 02.23 min. At the European Championships in Split in 1990, Wodars and Quail dominated again. Gurina fell back early and was ultimately seventh in 1: 59.59 minutes.

She also only competed once at the World Indoor Championships: in 1991 in Seville . In 2: 02.04 min she was fourth behind Wachtel and the two Romanians Violeta Beclea and Ella Kovacs . At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , Gurina finished eighth in 1: 58.13 minutes.

In 1993 she won her first outdoor medal since 1987 at the World Championships in Stuttgart , when she finished second behind Maria de Lurdes Mutola from Mozambique with a time of 1: 57.10 minutes . Eleven years after her first medal at the World Championships in Helsinki, Gurina returned to Helsinki at the 1994 European Championships . At the start of the home stretch she was just ahead, but Belarusian Natallja Duchnowa sat down next to her. Both crossed the finish line after 1: 58.55 minutes. The evaluation of the target photo resulted in a millimeter lead for Gurina, who had won her first outdoor gold with it. At 37 years and 4 days she was the oldest European champion in athletics until then.

In 1995 Ljubow Gurina was seventh again in 1: 59.16 min at the World Championships in Gothenburg .

In 1987 she became the Soviet champion over 800 meters, in 1993 she became the Russian champion.

Lyubov Gurina is 1.67 m tall and weighed 57 kg at competition times.

Top performances

• 800 m: 1: 55.56 min, August 31, 1987, Rome
  • Hall: 1: 59.21 min, February 14, 1990, Moscow
• 1000 m : 2: 32.97 min, July 2, 1993, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
  • Hall: 2: 37.37 min, February 13, 1993, Liévin
• 1500 m: 4: 02.47 min, August 2, 1994, Monaco
  • Hall: 4: 11.19 min, February 15, 1987, Moscow
• 1 mile : 4: 29.44 min, August 10, 1996, Monaco
  • Hall: 4: 34.07 min, February 2, 1992, Bordeaux

Lyubov Gurina is still on the lists in November 2011 with a world record : On August 5, 1984, Nadija Olisarenko , Gurina, Lyudmila Borissowa and Irina Podjalowskaja ran 7:50.17 minutes in the 4 x 800 meter relay in Moscow .

literature

• ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988
• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 1996. Surbiton 1996, ISBN 1-899807-01-2

Web links

• Lyubov Gurina in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Lyubov Gurina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )