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Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Тимофеева; born 5 April 1970) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon.
She won the Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the Paris Marathon in 2006. She ran for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing seventh in the marathon race. She won the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in 2009.[1]
She was banned from the sport for two years, starting 6 September 2016, due to abnormalities in her biological passport.[2]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 41st | Marathon | 2:53:01 | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 18th | Marathon | 2:34:44 | |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 11th | Marathon | 2:30:48 | |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 13th | Marathon | 2:40:11 | |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 40th | Marathon | 2:38:06 | |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 7th | Marathon | 2:27:31 | |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 9th | Marathon | 2:35:53 |
Professional marathons
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Result | Notes |
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2000 | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 2:29:13 |
2001 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:25:29 |
2005 | Mumbai Marathon | Mumbai, India | 3rd | Marathon | 2:36:42 |
Paris Marathon | Paris, France | 7th | Marathon | 2:30:11 | |
Singapore Marathon | Singapore | 1st | Marathon | 2:34:37 | |
2006 | Paris Marathon | Paris, France | 1st | Marathon | 2:27:19 |
Singapore Marathon | Singapore | 2nd | Marathon | 2:34:35 | |
2007 | Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 4th | Marathon | 2:26:54 |
2008 | Hamburg Marathon | Hamburg, Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:24:14 |
Shanghai Marathon | Shanghai, China | 1st | Marathon | 2:26:19 | |
2009 | Nagano Marathon | Nagano, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:30:07 |
Shanghai Marathon | Shanghai, China | 4th | Marathon | 2:33:31 |
See also
References
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2009-04-19). Macharia and Timofeyeva win Nagano Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
- ^ Positive Cases in Athletics. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.