Jeļena Prokopčuka

Jeļena Prokopčuka at the 2007 Boston Marathon

Jeļena Prokopčuka (née Čelnova; born 21 September 1976 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006. She is married to Aleksandrs Prokopčuks, who holds the Latvian marathon record with 2:15:56 from 1995.

She holds six outdoor and one indoor Latvian record.

Prokopcuka won the Paris Half Marathon in 2002, 2003 and 2009.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th	5000 m
2001	World Half Marathon Championships	Bristol, England	5th	Half marathon
2002	Paris Half Marathon	Paris, France	1st	Half marathon
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	10,000 m
	World Half Marathon Championships	Brussels, Belgium	3rd	Half marathon
2003	Paris Half Marathon	Paris, France	1st	Half marathon
	World Championships	Paris, France	10th	10,000 m
2004	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	4th	Marathon
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	7th	10,000 m
2005	World Championships	Paris, France	12th	10,000 m
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	1st	Marathon
	Osaka International Ladies Marathon	Osaka, Japan	1st	Marathon
2006	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	2nd	Marathon
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	10,000 m
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	1st	Marathon
	Kuldīga Half Marathon	Kuldīga, Latvia	1st	Half Marathon
2007	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	2nd	Marathon
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	3rd	Marathon
2008	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	4th	Marathon
	Kuldīga Half Marathon	Kuldīga, Latvia	1st	Half Marathon
2009	Paris Half Marathon	Paris, France	1st	Half marathon
2010	Kuldīga Half Marathon	Kuldīga, Latvia	1st	Half Marathon

References

• IAAF profile for Jeļena Prokopčuka

Awards
Preceded by None	Latvian Women's Sportspersonality of the Year 2005–2007	Succeeded by Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota