Svetlana Alexandrovna Kitova

Svetlana Alexandrovna Kitova ( Russian Светлана Александровна Китова ., English transcription Svetlana Kitova * 25. June 1960 in Stalinabad , Tajik SSR , USSR ; † 20th November 2015 in Jonesboro , Arkansas , United States ) was a Russian middle distance runner who in the 1980s Years ago for the Soviet Union .

At the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1983 in Budapest, she won gold over 800 m .

After moving to the 1,500 meter distance , she won the Universiade in 1985 . In 1986 she won gold at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid and was sixth at the European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart . The following year she won silver at the European Indoor Championships in Liévin , bronze at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Indianapolis and silver at the Universiade. At the World Athletics Championships in Rome in 1987 , she was ninth.

In 1989 he won bronze at the European Indoor Championships in The Hague and silver at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest .

Personal bests

• 800 m: 1: 58.08 min, June 21, 1984, Kiev
  • Hall: 2: 01.28 min, March 6, 1983, Budapest
• 1000 m (hall): 2: 37.93 min, February 9, 1985, Moscow
• 1500 m: 4: 01.02 min, August 2, 1988, Kiev
  • Hall: 4: 05.71 min, March 4th 1989, Budapest
• 1 mile : 4:22.52 min, July 19, 1989, Pescara
  • Hall: 4: 31.19 min, February 9, 1990, East Rutherford
• 2000 m : 5: 41.11 min, June 1, 1990, Eugene

Web links

• Svetlana Kitova in the database of World Athletics (English)