Svyatlana Kouhan

Swjatlana Kouhan at the 2012 Olympic Games marathon

Swjatlana Kouhan ( Belarusian Святлана Коўган , English transcription Sviatlana Kouhan, born Клімковіч - Klimkowitsch - Klimkovich ; born August 26, 1980 in Nemaniza , Baryssau Rajon , Minskaya Woblasz ) is a Belarusian middle and long-distance runner .

At the World Cross Country Championships in Vilamoura in 2000 , she finished 96th on the short distance, and at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 she was eliminated over 1500 m in the preliminary run.

In 2009 she won the St. Wendel Marathon and came third in the Athens Marathon . The following year she came second in the Gutenberg Marathon and won the HC Andersen Marathon and the Bucharest Marathon . In 2011 a victory in the Münster Marathon was followed by a third place in the Toulouse Marathon .

In 2012 she set a course record at 2:29:37 h at the Brighton Marathon and thus qualified for the marathon of the Olympic Games in London , in which she finished 34th with a time of 2:30:26 h.

Personal bests

800 m : 2: 01.11 min, July 6, 2006, Brest
- Hall: 2: 05.59 min, February 7, 2003, Minsk
1500 m: 4: 10.85 min, June 18, 2006, Prague
- Hall: 4: 15.77 min, January 28, 2005, Minsk
3000 m (hall): 9: 17.36 min, February 12, 2011, Mahiljou
10,000 m : 33: 24.68 min, June 4th 2011, Oslo
Marathon : 2:29:37 h, April 15, 2012, Brighton

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personal data
SURNAME	Kouhan, Svyatlana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Коўган, Святлана; Kouhan, Sviatlana; Клімковіч, Святлана; Klimkowitsch, Svyatlana; Klimkovich, Sviatlana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belarusian middle and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nemanitsa , Barysaw Raion , Minskaya Woblasz