Uladsimir Kowtow

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Uladzimir kowtow ( Belarusian Уладзімір Котаў , Eng. Transcription Uladzimir kowtow, also Russian Владимир Котов - Vladimir Kotov - Vladimir Kotov; * 21st February 1958 in Douscha , Vitebsk District ) is a former Belarusian long-distance runner who his greatest successes in the marathon and ultramarathon had .

In 1979 he was sixth in the Soviet Marathon Championships in 2:13:26 h. The following year he qualified as Soviet champion in 2:10:58 h for the marathon of the Olympic Games in Moscow , in which he was fourth in 2:12:05 h.

In 1981 he came in 178th place at the World Cross Country Championships in Madrid . At the European Marathon Cup in Agen he was center and won silver with the Soviet team. A victory at the marathon in Hamm in 2:19:11 h was followed by eighth place in the Fukuoka marathon in 2:12:25 h.

In 1982 he was second in a run organized by the IAAF on the classic route from marathon to Athens in 2:13:34 h. In the marathon of the European Athletics Championships in 1982 , which followed the same route, he did not reach the goal.

In 1987 he was sixth and in 1988 second in the Košice marathon . In 1989 he was second in the Cleveland Marathon and won the Birmingham Centenary VAX Marathon in 2:12:48 h, in 1990 he won the Bermuda Marathon in 2:17:00 h and was second in the Hamburg Marathon in 2:12:07 H. During stage races Sun Life Great Race (20 stages, 358.7 kilometers), he finished second.

After winning the Eindhoven Marathon in 1991 in 2:14:03 h, he came fourth in the Vienna Spring Marathon in 1992 , fifth in the Hamburg Marathon and 13th in the Berlin Marathon .

In the following year he finished seventh in Hamburg, finished 22nd at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 and came second in Eindhoven in 2:12:50 h. In 1994 he came fourth in the half marathon of the Paderborn Easter Run , seventh in the Paris Marathon and again second in Eindhoven in 2:11:43 h. In 1995, a ninth place in the Tokyo International Men's Marathon in 2:12:55 h was followed by a victory in the Belgrade Marathon in 2:14:00 h. In the 25 km from Berlin he was sixth, fourth at the Hokkaidō Marathon and third at the Beijing Marathon and the Macau Marathon .

In 1996 he was fourth in the Los Angeles Marathon , third in Belgrade, second in the Hokkaidō Marathon and third in Eindhoven and Macau. In the following year, an eighth place in Tokyo and a seventh place in Eindhoven was followed by a victory in the Taipei Marathon. In 1998 he finished seventh in the Prague Marathon , won the Gdansk Marathon , finished sixth in the Istanbul Marathon and defended his title in Taipei.

From 2000 he started in the big South African ultramarathons and immediately came second in the Two Oceans Marathon and set a record at the Comrades Marathon with 5:25:33 h on the up-run course. In 2001 he finished eighth in the Two Oceans Marathon and third in the Comrades Marathon (Down Run). In 2002 he was sixth at the Two Oceans Marathon and won again at the Comrades Marathon (Up Run). In 2004 he achieved his third consecutive victory in the Up Run at the Comrades Marathon. In 2005 he finished fourth in the Comrade Marathon, third in 2006 and eighth in 2008.

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SURNAME Kowtow, Uladsimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Котаў, Уладзімір; Kowtow, Uladzimir; Котов, Владимир; Kotow, Vladimir; Kotov, Vladimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian long-distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Douscha , Vitebsk Raion