Elana Meyer

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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  South Africa
Olympic Games
Silver 1992 Barcelona 10,000 m
World Half Marathon Championships
Gold 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Half-Marathon

Elana Meyer (born October 10, 1966 in Albertinia) is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 m event.

Meyer set the 15 kilometres road running African record of 46:57 minutes in November 1991 in Cape Town. The record was equalled by Mestawet Tufa in 2008.[1] The record was beaten by Tirunesh Dibaba in 2009, who posted a new world record of 46.28 minutes.[2]

Meyer also held the half marathon African record (1:06:44 hours), set in January 1999 in Tokyo. The record was broken by Mary Keitany of Kenya at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships by running the distance in 1:06:36 hours.[3]

[edit] Other achievements

[edit] References

  1. ^ IAAF: Area Outdoor Records - Women - AFRICA
  2. ^ IAAF, November 15, 2009: Dibaba shatters 15Km World record in Nijmegen! - UPDATED
  3. ^ IAAF: Top List (as of October 11, 2009)

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Canada Angela Chalmers
Women's 3,000 m Best Year Performance
1991
Succeeded by
Russia Yelena Romanova
Preceded by
Soviet Union Yelena Romanova
Women's 5,000 m Best Year Performance
1991–1992
Succeeded by
Republic of Ireland Sonia O'Sullivan




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