Elana Meyer
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Athletics | ||
Competitor for  South Africa |
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| 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
- World champion in half marathon, 1994.
- World record in half marathon, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999.
- Several good places in the top marathon and half marathon races.
[edit] References
- ^ IAAF: Area Outdoor Records - Women - AFRICA
- ^ IAAF, November 15, 2009: Dibaba shatters 15Km World record in Nijmegen! - UPDATED
- ^ IAAF: Top List (as of October 11, 2009)
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Preceded by Angela Chalmers |
Women's 3,000 m Best Year Performance 1991 |
Succeeded by Yelena Romanova |
Preceded by Yelena Romanova |
Women's 5,000 m Best Year Performance 1991–1992 |
Succeeded by Sonia O'Sullivan |
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
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